Land was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, six miles (9.656 km) on a side. Each of these townships were sub-divided into thirty-six sections of one square mile (2.59 km²) or 640 acres.
The land ordinance of 1785 was created to divide the land that had been acquired by the U.S..
Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785, which organized western lands, in the year 1785.
the land ordinace
It provided for the surveying and selling of the land
Congress wanted to organize and sell the lands
It established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands north of the Ohio river.
what provided a plan for governing western lands
under the land ordinance of 1785 surveyors were divide public lands into townships, 6 miles on each side.
the land ordinance of 1785
it established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands north of the Ohio river
Under this law , western lands were divided into six-mile squares called townships
The purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785 was essentially to repay the debt from the Revolution by surveying and selling lands in the northwest territories.