1787年7月13日当美国邦联国会中的要人云集费城参加制宪会议之际,在纽约举行的国会在部分议员缺席的情况下以多数票(仅1票反对)通过了《西北法令》,确定了处理其西部土地的原则,这对其后西部土地的开发和新州的建立起了极其重要的作用。然而,美国史学界对这个法令褒贬不一;原苏联史学界和我国史学界则贬多于褒。很有研究澄清的必要。但是,重新评价西北法令,并非本文的主要目的,而重要 July 13, 1787 When elites from the Congress of the United States gathered in Philadelphia to attend the Constituent Assembly, the Congress in New York passed the Northwest Decree by a majority vote (one vote only) in the absence of some of its members. , The principle of handling the western land was determined, which played an extremely important role in the subsequent development of the western land and establishment of the new state. However, the American historians praised the decree; historians in the former Soviet Union and historians in China derogated more than others. A lot of research to clarify the need. However, it is not the main purpose but important to re-evaluate the northwestern ordinance