The Northwest Ordinance established a law preventing slavery in the new territory. , Under the Northwest Ordinance, 60,000 people need to live in the territory before becoming a state., The Articles were designed to keep the central government weak. , Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. government could declare war and make alliances., The Articles of Confederation could raise money by selling land in the west. , A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is the U.S. government could not raise money with taxes or pass laws dealing with trade. , The Articles of Confederation did not have a president or national court system. , The Northwest Ordinance included laws protecting American Rights, which would later be used in the Bill of Rights., Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could not pay the debt from the American Revolution. , Shay's Rebellion convinced many people that the government needed to be stronger. ,

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