Land Ordinance of 1785

Conspiracy - military directly challenged Congress in 1783, but failed due to Washington 's intervention • American manufacturers wanted a uniform high national duty instead of state tariffs; merchants and shippers wanted one national commercial policy; land speculators wanted Indians removed from western tracks; people with money wanted the states to stop issuing paper money; investors in Confederation securities wanted the government to fund the debt and increase the value of the securities;…