The Land Ordinance of 1785
Under the Articles of Confederation, the government established the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to systematize the settlement of western lands. The Land Ordinance divided the territory into townships and sections, facilitating orderly sales and settlement. The Northwest Ordinance provided a framework for governance and the admission of new states, ensuring that territories could transition to statehood while guaranteeing rights and freedoms for settlers. Together, these measures promoted organized expansion and the establishment of an orderly society in the West.
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)
Conflict with the Native Americans.
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.
Land Ordinance of 1785
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)
Conflict with the Native Americans.
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
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Articles of Confederation
The national government was able to raise money as it sold land in the area.
The national government was able to raise money as it sold land in the area.
The government law calling for surveying of land in the Northwest Territory was the Land Ordinance of 1785.
The Federal Government moved from the settlement to the conservation of public land in the late 1800s.
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The national government was able to raise money as it sold land in the area.