Question
The Land Ordinance of 1785 included each of the following except .
dividing the land of the Northwest Territory into townships, each containing thirty-six lots
selling lots for one dollar an acre
banning slavery in the Northwest Territory
setting aside the proceeds from the sale of one lot in each township for building and maintaining schools
dividing the land of the Northwest Territory into townships, each containing thirty-six lots
selling lots for one dollar an acre
banning slavery in the Northwest Territory
setting aside the proceeds from the sale of one lot in each township for building and maintaining schools
Answers
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Banning slavery in the Northwest Territory.
The Land Ordinance of 1785 set up the township/survey system (36 sections), sold land at $1/acre, and reserved Section 16 in each township for schools. The ban on slavery came later in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
The Land Ordinance of 1785 set up the township/survey system (36 sections), sold land at $1/acre, and reserved Section 16 in each township for schools. The ban on slavery came later in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.