Land Ordinance of 1784
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The Land Ordinance of 1784 was an early U.S. law drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson that outlined a systematic process for organizing and governing western territories as they moved toward statehood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ordinance of 1784 | 2 |
| Land Ordinance of 1784 canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
historical legal document ⓘ land ordinance ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Western territories of the United States
ⓘ
territory east of the Mississippi River ⓘ territory north of the Ohio River ⓘ territory west of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
conditions for transition from territory to statehood
ⓘ
framework for temporary territorial governments ⓘ procedure for drafting state constitutions ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1784-04-23 ⓘ |
| documentType | statute ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Land Ordinance of 1785
ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
|
| governmentType |
Congress of the Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederation Congress
|
| historicalContext | early United States territorial expansion ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ |
| influenced |
Northwest Ordinance
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
later U.S. territorial governance policies ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
constitutional development of the United States
ⓘ
public lands ⓘ territorial law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | enacted ordinance ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Congress of the Confederation ⓘ |
| originallyProposed | ban on slavery in western territories after 1800 ⓘ |
| originallyProposedBy | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| principalAuthor | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| principle | new states admitted on equal terms with original states ⓘ |
| providedFor |
admission of new states on equal footing with existing states
ⓘ
division of western lands into distinct territories ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish a procedure for territories to become states
ⓘ
to outline temporary governance for western territories ⓘ to provide a systematic process for organizing western territories ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Land Ordinance of 1785
ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
|
| replacedBy | Land Ordinance of 1785 ⓘ |
| shortDescription | early U.S. ordinance establishing a process for organizing and admitting western territories as states ⓘ |
| subject |
public land policy
ⓘ
statehood process ⓘ territorial organization ⓘ |
| votingRequirement | approval by Congress of the Confederation ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1784 ⓘ |
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Ordinance of 1784