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The ordinance superseded the Land Ordinance of 1784, which declared that states would one day be formed within the region, and the Land Ordinance of 1785, which described how the Confederation Congress would sell the land to private citizens. Designed to serve as a plan for the development and settlement of the region, the 1787 ordinance lacked ...
"The Legislative History of the Ordinance of 1787" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. New Series Vol. V. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society (published 1889): 303– 342. Attribution: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fugitive Slave Laws".
The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. [1]
Manasseh Cutler (May 13, 1742 – July 28, 1823) was an American Congregational clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War.He was influential in the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and wrote the section prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Chaos ruled the day in early 1787 with Shays's Rebellion in full force and the states refusing to settle their disputes or contribute to the now six-year-old federal government. On February 2, 1787, the delegates finally gathered into a quorum and elected St. Clair to a one-year term as President of the Continental Congress.
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The ordinance divided the territory into 36 mile 2 townships, and each township was further divided into 36 one mile 2 tracts for purposes of sale. The ordinance then stated that "there shall be reserved from sale the lot No. 16 of every township for the maintenance of public schools within the said township." [39]
The Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling the land, [3] while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed political needs. The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act of 1862.