| 单词 | northwest ordinance |
| 释义 | Northwest Ordinancenounthe act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states. Words nearby Northwest Ordinancenorthwest by west, northwester, northwesterly, northwesterner, North-West Frontier Province, Northwest Ordinance, Northwest Passage, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territory, northwestward, northwestwards Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for Northwest OrdinanceNorthwest Ordinance A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West. The United States was governed under the Articles of Confederation at the time. The Northwest Ordinance organized the territory into townships of thirty-six square miles each and provided for self-government and religious toleration in the territory. Slavery was prohibited. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。