Question

The Land Ordinance of 1785 ______.

- stipulated that one section of each individual township be reserved for education

- left the division of land up to the discretion of future state leaders

- established that ten percent of all lands in the Northwest Territory should be preserved as public parks

- defined the number of states that could be formed in the Northwest Territory

Answer 1

- stipulated that one section of each individual township be reserved for education
- defined the number of states that could be formed in the Northwest Territory

The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Land Ordinance established the basis for the Public Land Survey System. The initial surveying was performed by Thomas Hutchins.