Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, what had to happen before public lands could be sold? 1. They had to be free of American Indians. 2. They had to be surveyed and divided. 3. They had to be free of enslaved people. 4. They had to have a school established.

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Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, what had to happen before public lands could be sold? 1. They had to be free of American Indians. 2. They had to be surveyed and divided. 3. They had to be free of enslaved people. 4. They had to have a school established.

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Cassidy Sanford · Answer 1

Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, before public lands could be sold "2. They had to be surveyed and divided." This was a major change from the Articles of Confederation, which could not tax land directly.