Essays Tagged: "Land Ordinance of 1785"
Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution of the United States of America
ment provided a process for which more states could be admitted. Most of this process came from the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided the land given up by the larger states into townships and crea ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Articles of confederation
Articles of Confederation provided a very effective form of government with respect to the western lands but, in contrast, the government under the Articles of Confederation struggled in terms of for ... ederation passed very significant pieces of legislation dealing with the Old Northwest, the area of land south of the Great Lakes, east of the Mississippi River, and to the northwest of the Ohio River ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Success of the Articles of Confederation
in governing the United States in terms of clearly outlining general powers, regulating the western lands and keeping the thirteen colonies together in peace.The Articles of Confederation was crucial ... ther way governing the United States was successful under the articles was dealing with the western lands. As people wanted to move into the new land, the government had to figure out a way to help se ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Study Guide
int military officers - Responsible for foreign affairs STATES HAD MORE POWER THAN CONGRESS WESTERN LAND - Several states claimed the land west of the Appalachians - Maryland refused to ratify the Art ... States gave up claims and the Articles of Confederation were ratified In 1781 - Congress then owned land and could sell it Problems in 1783-1787 MONEY - U.S. owed millions of dollars - States refused ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
AP US History - Articles of Confederation
m a confederation. The impacts of these were two-fold. First, it created a sense of unity and was a landmark model of what a confederation “ought to be”. It provided a stepping-stone to the ... ied by the Articles was indispensible in this respect.The Articles of Confederation also made vital land laws. The Land Ordinance of 1785 stated that acreage of the Old Northwest (land northwest of th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History