The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Congress at the time did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation, so land sales provided an important revenue stream. The Ordinance set up a survey system that eventually covered over three-fourths of the area of the continental United States.[1]
The earlier Ordinance of 1784 was a resolution written by Thomas Jefferson (delegate from Virginia) calling for Congress to take action. The land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River was to be divided into ten separate states.[2] However, the 1784 resolution did not define the mechanism by which the land would become states, or how the territories would be governed or settled before they became states. The Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling the land,[3] while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed political needs.
The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act in 1862. The Land Ordinance established the basis for the Public Land Survey System. The initial surveying was performed by Thomas Hutchins. After he died in 1789, responsibility for surveying was transferred to the Surveyor General. Land was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, six miles (9.656 km) on a side. Each of these townships were sub-divided into thirty-six sections of one square mile (2.59 km²) or 640 acres. These sections could then be further subdivided for re-sale by settlers and land speculators.[4]
The ordinance was also significant for establishing a mechanism for funding public education. Section 16 in each township was reserved for the maintenance of public schools. Many schools today are still located in section sixteen of their respective townships<span>[citation needed]</span>, although a great many of the school sections were sold to raise money for public education. In later States, section 36 of each township was also designated as a "school section".[5][6][7]
The Point of Beginning for the 1785 survey was where Ohio (as the easternmost part of the Northwest Territory), Pennsylvania and Virginia (now West Virginia) met, on the north shore of the Ohio River near East Liverpool, Ohio. There is a historical marker just north of the site, at the state line where Ohio State Route 39 becomes Pennsylvania Route 68.
The people of Mesopotamia had two rivers namely the Tigris and Euphrates. They made canals and other man made waterways to use for irrigation and to supply their plants with water. Using these irrigation tools they channeled water from rivers to their crops. Irrigation helped keep the soil moist, and the river water delivered nutrients to the soil. In this way they grew crops on a regular basis.
Few crops that they grew were- barley , wheat, vegetables, lentils, fruits etc.
The <em>amendment process</em> allows for the safeguard of individual liberties since the amendments protect many of our freedoms. The Anti-Federalists agreed to ratify the Constitution due to the the promise of an addition of a Bill of Rights. The amendment process included in Article V of the Constitution made it possible for a Bill of Rights to be added.
Answer:
O. Bringing about reforms to cure the problems created by poverty
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Explanation:
The Social Gospel movement was a movement within Protestant Christianity where the Christian beliefs of social ethics such as social inequality, poverty, crime, and prejudice, etc. The movement prioritizes the salvation of society over the individual.
This movement's decision to focus on the problems in society such as inequality, poverty, crime, etc, and the need to focus on corruption and revealing malpractices are all aspects. In this way, it can be rightly said that the <u>movement is focused on bringing about reforms to help cure the problems of society such as poverty</u>.
