For which two of the following reasons is the northwest ordinance of 1787 considered to be a positive outcome of the articles of confederation?

a. it allowed women to vote in the western territories.
b. it prohibited congress from raising revenue by taxation.
c. it granted the larger states authority to use the western lands.
d. it organized land into districts, territories, and states.
e. it guaranteed religious freedom and a trial by jury in the western territory

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.

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