The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 On July 13, 2000, the US will celebrate the 213th anniversary of the signing of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the current states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and part of Minnesota. (Northwest Ordinance, www.Indiana/state.com/infomania) The plan for the government and citizens was in the least a radical one. All of the political beliefs and practices of Republicanism were attempted to be established for each of the new territories. Republicanism was still a new idea at the time and it would be tested in the new territories. The Ordinance provided for the crea