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![Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was read in Marietta, Ohio Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was read in Marietta, Ohio](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121018045241im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/images/GERO_dyk2.gif)
Did you know that the Old Northwest Territory was governed by the Ordinance of 1787? This piece of legislation predates the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and is the first time specific rights were guaranteed to United States citizens.