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. ... The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.
The constitutional principle that was the main focus of the north south conflicts that led to the civil war was the right to own property, since many people in the South felt that slaves were included in terms of "property" that could not be taken away.
British people did many bad things which cost them support. They implemented taxes as they saw fit, not caring about the people. They would make the common people house soldiers or be punished. They would block ports if the colonists would object, or punish them severely in many other ways.
