{"id":1838,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1787ce-jul-13--1838","name":"1787 CE, July 13","year":1787,"era":"CE","month":7,"day":13,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1787ce-jul-13--1838","iso-date":"1787-07-13","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ordinance of 1787, a landmark act by the single camera Congress of the Confederation is passed on July 13, 1787. It established the Northwest Territory (The lands north and west of the Ohio River) and created a blueprint for westward expansion.\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. Three principal provisions were ordained in the document:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1) A division of the Northwest Territory into \"not less than three nor more than five States\".\u003cbr\u003e2) A three-stage method for admitting a new state to the Union .\u003cbr\u003e3) A bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other individual rights; in addition the ordinance encouraged education, and forbade slavery. The ordinance mandated the creation of at least three but no more than five states from the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe territory eventually formed six States:\u003cbr\u003eOhio (1803)\u003cbr\u003eIndiana (1816)\u003cbr\u003eIllinois (1818)\u003cbr\u003eMichigan (1837)\u003cbr\u003eWisconsin (1848)\u003cbr\u003eMinnesota (1858) Borders adjusted later. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1787ce-may-25--3590\"\u003eHistorical Timeline\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-03-20T11:06:36-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T12:34:37-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"July History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/july"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"July 13","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/july-13"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1787ce-jul-13--1838#eventK365","name":"1787 CE, July 13","headline":"The Ordinance of 1787, a landmark act by the single camera Congress of the Confederation is passed on July... - 1787 CE","description":"The Ordinance of 1787, a landmark act by the single camera Congress of the Confederation is passed on July 13, 1787. It established the Northwest Territory...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1787ce-jul-13--1838","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-20T11:06:36-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-27T12:34:37-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1787-07-13","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/july","name":"What Happened in July History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/july-13#pageK365","name":"What Happened on July 13"}]}}