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Northwest Territory Formerly Old Northwest.NONE（无词性）- A historical region of the north-central United States extending from the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Great Lakes. The area was ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. It was officially designated a territory in 1787 and later split up into the territories and present-day states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Control over the territory was a major issue in the War of 1812.西北地区，旧西北区：美国中北部的历史地区，从俄亥俄和密西西比河延伸到五大湖区。此地区1783年根据巴黎和约割给美国。1787年官方指明其为一地区，后来分裂为几个区和今天的俄亥俄州，印第安纳州，伊利诺斯州，密歇根州，威斯康星州及明尼苏达州的一部分。此地区的控制权是1812年战争的主要问题
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