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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:Northwest_Territory
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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May 20, 1785
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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Confederation Congress
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gptkbp:established
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gptkb:Public_Land_Survey_System
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Ordinance_of_1784
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gptkbp:purpose
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establish a standardized system for surveying land
facilitate sale of western lands
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance_of_1787
gptkb:Public_Land_Survey_System
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gptkbp:requires
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division of land into townships
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gptkbp:reservedSection
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Section 16 for public schools
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gptkbp:sectionAcreage
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640 acres
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gptkbp:sectionSize
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1 square mile
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gptkbp:significance
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first federal law to regulate land sales
influenced westward expansion
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gptkbp:townshipSections
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36 sections
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gptkbp:townshipSize
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6 miles by 6 miles
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Old_Northwest
gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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