Yes it divided up land so that the central government could sell it and that was the only way they could make money because they couldn't tax
The Articles of Confederations could not regulate commerce or tax the stated directly; where the 16th amendment comes into play. It however did help untie the west with the NW ordinance and land ordinance.
land ordinance of 1785
Land System.
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Land Ordinance
The land ordinance of 1785 and the northwest ordinance of 1787 are considered achievements under the articles of confederation because they?
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederations could not regulate commerce or tax the stated directly; where the 16th amendment comes into play. It however did help untie the west with the NW ordinance and land ordinance.
land ordinance of 1785
The Articles of Confederation
Some strengths of the AOC were they established congress, the northwest ordinance, and the land ordinance of 1785.
Under the articles, the government took control of the Revolutionary War. It negotiated the peace. The major accomplishment of the Government under the Articles of Confederation was the North West Ordinance. It set up the system for surveying the land west of the original 13 colonies.
If you mean as in the dealing with western land, then it eventually settled that all western land gained (both claimed by states and unsettled territory) was bought by the government and then redistributed to individual buyers under the Northwest Ordinance and Land Ordinance of 1785 and eventually surveyed.
Included ability to: make tredies, create postal service, create Land Ordinance of 1785 (sold organized land into towns), and create Northwest Ordinance (how terratories become official states). Failures: weak central government, no ability to tax, can't regulate commerce (every state have own trading rules), every state has one vote, Unanimous amendments.
Land System.
The Articles of Confederation
articles of confederation