township
To subdivide and sell land in the Northwest Territory.
The Land Ordinance of 1785
Yes, the Land Ordinance of 1787 required land taxes from the Northwest.
Yes, the Land Ordinance of 1787 required land taxes from the Northwest.
Some strengths of the AOC were they established congress, the northwest ordinance, and the land ordinance of 1785.
It benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers
It benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was important because it created the Northwest Territory. President Washington signed the ordinance on August 7, 1789.
The land ordinance called for surveyors to stake out six-mile-square plots, called townships, in the western land. The northwest ordinance described how this land they established would be governed. (it ended up gaining rights to self-government)
Northwest ordinance
Since the Constitution prohibited taxation, the Land Ordinance gave the government the ability to earn money by selling tracts of land in the largely unmapped west. The ordinance served as the government's land grant policy until the passage of the Homestead Act.
The Land Ordinance of 1785