What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? A. It defined the boundaries of reservations for Native Americans.
B. It allowed slavery in the Northwest Territory.
C. It described how the territories could become states.
D. It created colonies with religious governments.

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written by alan ward and published in 2003. ward is a historian and was a professor at the university of connecticut.

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they gained control over the philippines, east dutch indies/indonesia, much of new guinea, the solomon islands, guam, and other strategic areas all over the western pacific. japan even occupied part of the aleutian islands, which belonged to alaska.

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