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The purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785 was to



A) sell land to the French to make money off the Revolutionary War debt


B) organize and divide newly acquired land from the American revolution, to then sell to make money for the American government facing debt from the Revolutionary War


C) give land back to the British out of guilt for defeating them in the Revolutionary War


D) grant free land to slaves set free after the Revolutionary War

Respuesta :

The Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling the land, while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed political needs. The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.

so the answer is b

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