1/4 of the territory was made for public buildings such as schools.
The Land Ordinance of 1785.
The Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was important because it created the Northwest Territory. President Washington signed the ordinance on August 7, 1789.
Some strengths of the AOC were they established congress, the northwest ordinance, and the land ordinance of 1785.
The land ordinance of 1785 was created to divide the land that had been acquired by the U.S..
under the land ordinance of 1785 surveyors were divide public lands into townships, 6 miles on each side.
Township
It was used in 1785 to settle more land outside of the thirteen states by using population.
False: Land Ordinance of 1785 described how the western territories was to be governed.
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.
Townships established by the Land Ordinance of 1785 were typically six miles square, totaling 36 square miles. Each township was further divided into 36 sections, each one mile square.
Land Ordinance of 1785