Land Act of 1800

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:allows purchase of federal land on credit
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Northwest_Territory
gptkbp:dateEnacted May 10, 1800
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established land offices in Cincinnati and Chillicothe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Land Act of 1800
gptkbp:minimumInvestment 320 acres
gptkbp:minimumPricePerAcre $2
gptkbp:paymentTerms four annual installments
gptkbp:precededBy Public Land Act of 1796
gptkbp:purpose to facilitate the sale of federal lands in the Northwest Territory
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ohio
gptkbp:relatedTo Public Land Act of 1796
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Land_Act_of_1820
gptkbp:significance made land ownership more accessible to settlers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Land_Act_1820
gptkb:Land_Act_of_1804
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8