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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided that .

states should retain control of their western land claims

after sufficient population growth, northwestern territories could be organized and then join the union as states

the settlers in the northwest could vote on the issue of slavery

money from the sale of western lands would be used to promote manufacturing in the northeast

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after sufficient population growth, northwestern territories could be organized and then join the union as states

The Northwest Ordinance set out a process for organizing territories and admitting them as equal states once they reached a certain population (and it also prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory).

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