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Hace 1 día · The Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance created territorial government, set up protocols for the admission of new states and the division of land into useful units, and set aside land in each township for public use.
- November 15, 1777
- February 2, 1781
- March 1, 1781
- March 4, 1789, by the United States Constitution
Hace 5 días · The Land Ordinance of 1785 was the first major land law of the United States. It created the Public Land Survey System which is the basis for all public and private land ownership of lands...
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Hace 4 días · Thomas Jefferson's ideal of a nation populated by yeoman farmers found a practical expression in the 19th century through policies like the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Homestead Act of 1862. These legislations aimed to promote independent farming by delineating and distributing land efficiently.
Hace 1 día · May 17, 1785 – September 26, 1789: Appointed by: Confederation Congress: Preceded by: ... He was the principal author of the Land Ordinance of 1784, ...
Hace 2 días · Lasting successes under the Articles of Confederation included the Treaty of Paris with Britain and the Land Ordinance of 1785, whereby Congress promised settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains full citizenship and eventual statehood.
Hace 3 días · To sell the land to settlers, they needed a road so the families could reach their new property. In 1741, the Ohio Company of Virginia began surveying a road from Fort Cumberland, the northernmost navigable point of the Potomac, to the French trading post at Fort Duquesne, where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet.
Hace 3 días · The U.S. government sold land west of Appalachians, east of Mississippi and north of Ohio River under the Land Ordinance of 1785. The ordinance was created by Thomas Jefferson in the hope that the land would eventually be divided into ten separate states.
