Key the following sentences. type your own condensed phrase of essential words in the space beneath the sentence. "he began on the local level as justice of the peace, philadelphia postmaster, and clerk of the general assembly of philadelphia."

I think it would be something like -- On the local level, he began as Justice of the peace. 

Hope I helped. 

By picking up the key words: local and Philadelphia, you can rewrite the sentence as follow:

He began in Philadelphia as Justice of Peace, Postmaster and Clerk of the General Assembly.

The answer is it organized land into districts. territories, and states.this ordinance created by thomas jefferson established a set of guidelines and procedures for a territory wanting to apply to be a state in the union. it also ensured that these territories in the northwest would not be slave states.