Write an argument justifying the text authors’ claim that “the land or

Write an argument justifying the text authors’ claim that “the land ordinances [of 1784, 1785, and 1787] may have been the most significant” legislation of the Confederation period.

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
Congress established a policy for disposing of the public domain. It created a model for governing territories and prescribed a procedure for their transition to statehood. It also opened the West to settlement by planning for the survey and sale of public lands.