Generally speaking, in a cost-benefit analysis done by a government, “cost” is defined as the negative aspect of what will happen if the government decides to go through with whatever they're debating. It's what the government will lose as a result of this action.
Answer:
It changed the way we think and made the modern age possible.
Land Act of 1820
Date: 1820
Description/Significance:
This act is significant in that it triggered the settlement of the Northwest and Missouri territories. This act encouraged those settlements by lowering the price of public land and also by prohibiting the purchase of federal acreage on credit. This eliminated one of the causes of the Panic of 1819.
The success of the English colonies is due to all of the following except "<span>the discovery of gold," since in fact practically no gold was found in North America--only in South America. </span>
