“…Northwest Ordinance…”

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ambiguous Achievement: The Northwest Ordinance; The Northwest Ordinance and the Balance of Power in North America; Battling Infidelity, Heathenism, and Licentiousness: New England Missions and the Post-Revolutionary Frontier, 1792-1805; Slavery and Bondage in the "Empire of Liberty"; The Development of Public Universities in the Old Northwest; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Appendix of documents: Extracts from the Magna Charta, 1215 -- The Bill of Rights, 1689 -- Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 -- The Declaration of Independence, 1776 -- Articles of Confederation, 1781 -- The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 -- Constitution of the United States, 1789.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Appendix of documents: Extracts from the Magna Charta, 1215 -- The Bill of Rights, 1689 -- Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 -- The Declaration of Independence, 1776 -- Articles of Confederation, 1781 -- The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 -- Constitution of the United States, 1789.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Sargent -- The Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance / Andrew R.L. Cayton -- Writing the wrongs : American literature in defense of the new nation / Robert D. …”

Table of Contents: “…The Declaration of Independence: an introduction -- The Declaration of Independence: on rights and duties -- The Northwest Ordinance -- Slavery and the Federal Convention of 1787 -- The common law and the organization of government -- Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy in America -- John C. …”

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Table of Contents: “…Westward expansion : the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana Purchase ratification of 1803 -- Slavery and the territories : Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -- The promise of land : the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 -- Women's right to vote : the Nineteenth Amendment of 1919 -- Protecting the working family : the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 -- The grand contract : the Social Security Act of 1935 -- The promise to America's veterans : the GI Bill of 1944 -- The recovery of western Europe : the Marshall Plan of 1948 -- Ribbons of highway : the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 -- Assuring equality, guaranteeing democracy : the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Medical care for the elderly and poor : the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 -- Protecting the environment : the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 -- The laws that shaped America.…”

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Table of Contents: “…An introduction to constitutionalism -- Magna Carta (1215) -- The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- The Articles of Confederation (1776-1789); the Northwest Ordinance (1787) -- Emergence of the constitution (1786-1791) -- Marbury v. …”

Table of Contents: “…Magna Carta, 1215; Confirmatio Cartarum, 1297; The First Charter of Virginia, 1606; Ordinances for Virginia, 1618; Mayflower Compact, 1620; Petition of Right; 1628; The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629; The Charter of Maryland, 1632; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639; Abolition of the Star Chamber, 1641; Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641; Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663; Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey, 1677; Habeas Corpus Act, 1679; Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682; Bill of Rights, 1689; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701; Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765; Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774; Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775; Constitution of Virginia, 1776; Declaration of Independence, 1776; Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1776; Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776; Constitution of Maryland, 1776; Constitution of North Carolina, 1776; Constitution of Vermont, 1777; Constitution of Massechusetts, 1780; Constitution of New Hampshire, 1784; Northwest Ordinance, 1787; The Constitution of the United States, 1787; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, 1791.…”
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Table of Contents: “…An introduction to constitutionalism -- Magna Carta (1215) -- The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- The Articles of Confederation (1776-1789); the Northwest Ordinance (1787) -- Emergence of the constitution (1786-1791) -- Marbury v. …”