Question 6 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR
The Land Ordinance of 1785 created a system for surveying, dividing, and selling public land in the Northwest Territory. It also reserved proceeds from the sale of one section in each township to support public education. It did not establish five states; that was addressed by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Opening the Mississippi River to American trade was not part of the 1785 ordinance.
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