CONTENTS

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Introduction[6]
Foreword[7]
ChapterI—Pre-Ordinance Summary[9]
ChapterII—History of the Ordinance of 1787[16]
ChapterIII—The First Settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787[30]
ChapterIV—The Beginnings of Government[45]
ChapterV—Growth of Settlements [50]
ChapterVI—Evolution of the Northwest Territory[66]
ChapterVII—Significance of the Ordinance of 1787[75]
Bibliography[85]
School Contests[91]