The correct answer is A. Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This ordinance established a structured process for the creation of new states from the western territories and outlined the governance of those areas before they could be admitted into the Union.
What action provided the means by which new states would be created out of the western lands and then admitted into the Union?
A.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
B.
Northwest Territory Acquisition of 1784
C.
Newburgh Mutiny of 1783
D.
New Jersey Plan of 1787
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