Description: The Ordinance of 1784 called for all land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River to be separated into ten states. The next year, the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed in order to clearly define how the land was to be divided.
Source: Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of North America Vol. VII (Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888) 529
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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