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Impact of the Articles of Confederation

Land Ordinance, 1785

Land Ordinance, 1785

These units were the basis for separating land. By the Land Ordinance of 1785, these were surveyed into the now familiar squares of land called the "township" (36 square miles), the "section" (one square mile), and the "quarter section" (160 acres).

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