The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 accomplished which of the followi

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 accomplished which of the following?

(a) Established the foundation for future American capitalism by permitting land to pass into private hands
(b) Allowed the practice of primogeniture or inheritance by the oldest son
(c) Permitted land to be treated primarily as a “collective good”
(d) Provided for a lateral expansion of American socialism

ANSWER

(a)