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The Northwest ordinance started a form of government for the northwest territory. This is included a list of rights guaranteed in the northwest territory.
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Many people signed the constitution that day this that it was going to better the U.S. There was st least one person that refused to sign because it protected slave rights and the slave trade.
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The Missouri Compromise authorized the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government. it also prohibited slavery in some territories.