MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Out West
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In Canada
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in Florida
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on the East Coast
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Land Ordinance of 1785, enacted by the Confederation Congress, defined how ownership of the vast lands in the Northwest Territory would be legally transferred from the federal government to states and individual landowners.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed by the U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation. It laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold. The method of creating townships and sections within townships was used for all U.S. land after 1785.