What was the purpose of the land ordinance of 1785 and the northwest ordinance of 1787?

Answer 1

The Northwest Ordinances were passed that provided for the creation of equal, self governing states in the Northwest Territories and the newly created states would have the same rights and privileges as the original 13 states.

Land Ordinance provided that the acreage of the Old Northwest should be sold and that the proceeds should be used to help pay off the national debt.

Answer 2

they were different by the Northwest Ordinance was were the Northwest Territory was wanting to be governed and the land ordinance of 1785 was were it called for surveyors to stake out 6mile-plots, called townships, in the Western lands.

Answer 3

The Land Ordinance of 1785 stated that they would separate the Northwest land into something called TOWNSHIPS. This was a 5 by 5 mile land and was sold to settlers and speculators. The land ordinance of 1787, or Northwest Ordinance of 1787, was to make the Northwest TERRITORY lands into STATES. 5,000 free white men makes up a territory and 60,000 free white men equal a state. Slavery was prohibited and the state constitution was a republic. Does that answer your question? :)

Answer 4

The Northwest Ordinance essentially accepted Virginia's "northwest territory" as public domain of th United States; the Land Ordinance of 1785 prescribed the means by which the public domain would be sold by the United States to help pay the debts incurred by the Revolution.

Answer 5

Created a system for bringing new states into the union