The Northwest Ordinance: Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land by Robert Alexander

The Northwest Ordinance: Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land

Robert Alexander

228 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

 Passed by Congress in July 1787, the Northwest Ordinance laid out the basic form of government for all U.S. territory north of the Ohio River. That summer, the Constitutional Convention drafted the defining document of the American Republic as a...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...