Question

Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, what had to happen before public lands could be sold?

Answer 1

Before public lands could be sold under the Land Ordinance of 1785, theland had to be: surveyed and divided. The land ordinance of 1785 was created in order to give settlers with the opportunity to purchase a set of farming lend in the western territory that at that time considered to be underdeveloped