摘 要: | On13July1787,whilemostofthenotablefiguresfromtheAmericanConfederateCongresswereinPhiladelphiaattendingtheU.S.ConstitutionalConvention,asecondmeetingofCongresswasheldinNewYorkandtheNorthwestOrdinancewaspassedbyamajorityvote(therewasonedissentingvote).Thisordinance,whichestablishedtheprinciplesformanagementofthewesternterritory,hadaprofoundeffectontheopeningupofthewestandtheestablishmentoffuturestates.However,Americanhistoriansaredividedoverthequestionoftheordinance,andChinesehistoriansand…
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