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Northwest Ordinance
In one of the few actions of the Congress under the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance was passed. It opened the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana) for settlement. The only problem was these territories were already settled by Native Americans.