Land Ordinance of 1785

one example of the chaos that reined after the war, for the nation was led by an inferior government with no tools to actually lead. It would regrettably take more than one drawback to finally move enough people to push for a type of government structure that was necessary to rule of the people. Policies encompassing both domestic and foreign problems would also escalate following the war. This would serve to be yet another case where the government held little to no authority. Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, could sign treaties and mange relations with the Indians. This was beneficial in yielding two important land ordinances, thus opening the West, and becoming arguably the only good things coming out of the Articles of Confederation. The Land Ordinance of 1785 would survey and grid the land into 36 sections while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 would define the northwest territory into three to five states with Republican governments. While trade flourished, and the New World began to take a bigger shape, other diplomatic problems would arise. Foreign relations began to wear thin as both Spain and Great Britain kept their militarily post on American soil and began conspiring with the Native Americans. The foreign intruders claimed their right to be there due to Americas inability to pay of their prewar debts. This angered many patriots and urged government to sought out a resolution much like what they had done to the loyalist in the Treaty of Paris. No…

completely ineffective form of government. Under the Articles, congress was able to carry out multiple, influential programs involving the eventual forming of states in the western areas of American territory, and in foreign policy endeavors. The imposition of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the treaties with both France and Britain, and even association with Canadian territories all…

through foreign relations, economic conditions, and how they settled the western lands. Western Lands In the Articles there was a system established on how to deal with the western lands. The government had the responsibility finding a way of having an orderly expansion of western lands. The government first came up with The Land Ordinance made in 1785. This was a detailed plan for surveying, selling, and settling western lands. The said lands were located North of Ohio River, West of the…

very weak form of government that had multiple flaws. At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise, the Electoral College, and the Three-Fifths Compromise were made to satisfy everyone’s needs. The Debate Over the Constitution was between the federalists and the anti-federalists. In conclusion, the United States Constitution started from the Articles of Confederation, grew over the Constitutional Convention, and was ratified in the Debate Over the Constitution. The Articles of…

that actually made it ineffective government especially when it came to foreign relations, economic condition, and Western lands. There is one thing that made the article strong and that was the idea of unity among the colonies and other nations. The articles took away some of congress’ powers, but it also bestowed important ones to them like the power to create treaties and wage war. War was obviously something the U.S.…

This ordinance was also a system to distribute land and create new states, specifically in the Northwest territory. The previous system, established territories that would eventually join the original states once their population grew. The Northwest Ordinance was different because it would allow the territories to become states after they grew enough. In the beginning, each territory would have a governor and a council. Once their population reached 5,000, they would get an elected assembly.…

The Articles of Confederation were adopted on November 15, 1777, but were not ratified by the 13 states until March 1, 1781. To a great extent, the Articles were very weak and did not provide an effective form of government. Nevertheless, they were not completely futile, the Articles were able to provide a few effective forms of government. For example, they created the Northwest ordinance of 1787 and the Land ordinance of 1785, two positive products of the Articles. On the other hand, there…

Jefferson felt the way he did about agrarian societies. This writing is Query XIX from his Notes on the State of Virginia, the final edition published in 1785. The points maintained in this writing support those contained within his Letter to James Madison, even if he is speaking specifically of the state of Virginia instead of the country as a whole. His main points are such: that the limited land and resources of England forced corruption to spawn, America has great potential to make the most…

American did not want to have another central government which did exactly what the British did to them. Also the Articles gave each colony sovereignty which basically meant that each colony was like a country with their own government. Secondly, the Articles of Confederation made sense at the time because it gave colonists what they wanted which helped keep them under control. Furthemore, the Articles created the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The former would lay…

In 1785 the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed stating that each western territory had to have sections set aside “for the maintenance of public schools.” Also, in 1827, Massachusetts passed a law that required towns with more than 500 families to have a free public high school for all students. Both of these laws go together because it is making a provision for education in America. Schools today are influential in the lives of virtually every child in America. This happened when schools…