A similarity between the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that they

Both ordinances helped the United States develop and settle land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Land Ordinance of 1785 surveyed and sold western land, while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a government for the Northwest Territory and set rules for its future settlement and statehood. Thus, both encouraged settlement; they did not unite the thirteen states or extend slavery into the Northwest Territory.

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