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Cattle ranching in the United States?
takes place largely in the western united states on public and private grazing lands.
Overspeculation in western lands?
Speculation on the potential value of lands in the western part of the emerging United States resulted in the loss of many fortunes. This over-speculation caused rampant and short lived land rushes.
What action provided the means by which new states would be created out of the western lands and then admitted into the Union?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Why did states give up western land claims?
Because congress's ability to raise money from states was limited, it decided to raise revenue by selling these lands
What law passed under the Articles was the most important for domestic action?
Under the Articles of Confederation the American colonists fought and defeated Great Britain and gained independence. By the end of the "Confederation era," Congers had created a bureaucracy to administer the day-to-day affairs of the government. The issue over the western lands was solved under the Articles. The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands. 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. Congress also provided for a survey of the western lands to prepare the land for sale to all.
The reason for the delay in the ratification on the articles of confederation by the states was?
The claim of 7 of the 13 states to immense tracts of western lands
Why did some states want to hold on to their western land claim?
Because congress's ability to raise money from states was limited, it decided to raise revenue by selling these lands
Of the following which provided a framework of government for the western lands?
Northwest Ordinance
What lands did Spain claim?
What lands did Spain claim
What government will allow states to buy lands they had claim to the west?
Yes
How many states were the western lands to be divided?
No more than 5
What government rule allowed states to buy lands they had claim to the west?
um...i have no idea
Which of the following groups took control of Roman lands as the Western Roman Empire collapsed?
Mongols
How did the congress organize the sale of the western lands?
The Congress organized the sale of the western lands through laws such as the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. These laws established a system for surveying and selling federal lands in the West, setting aside land for public schools and creating a process for new territories to become states.
What is the ISBN of The Western Lands?
The ISBN of The Western Lands is 0670813524.
When was The Western Lands created?
The Western Lands was created in 1987.
Why did land poor states want western lands ceded to the central government?
partly out of their fear of western states having more power; land-rich states would pay of their war debts and the day to day costs of state government with the income from the sale of their wetsern lands
