Question

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 reflect Thomas Jefferson's ideas?

(1 point)

Slavery was permitted in the territory, setting a precedent that would later please southerners.

Citizens were guaranteed freedom of religion, trial by jury, and the rights of the common law.

Indians were expected to give up their land and relocate elsewhere.

Congress followed the British model of keeping colonies in permanent subordination.

Answer 1

Citizens were guaranteed freedom of religion, trial by jury, and the rights of the common law.

The Northwest Ordinance reflected Jeffersonian ideas by protecting individual liberties (religious freedom, jury trial, common-law rights) and providing a republican path to statehood rather than permanent colonial subordination.