According to the northwest ordinance, a territory could become a state when it had 5,000 adult males. had 60,000 adult males. voted to outlaw slavery. offered freedom of religion.

Had 60,000 adult males.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 chartered a government for the Northwest Territory. It also provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. It also encouraged education and forbade slavery.

There were three main provisions in the document:

1. A division of the Northwest Territory into no less than three, but no more that five States.

2. Three stages for admitting a new state to the Union:

3. A bill of rights.

60 thou adult males

i believe it was spain