Land Ordinance 1785
Adopted in may, this document went along with the land past the mountains going along the mississippi river. The gave the idea of people going and making and even running new states(up to 10 states). This Also made it to where if one of the new states had 5000 or more then they were allowed to make their own government within the state.
This followed the same rules as it did in 1785. The only difference was that it went north. The plan was to claim land in Northwest Canadian land.