Hello 500babygirll, an effect of the land orderings of 1785 in the northwest ordinance of 1787 was that, The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation
on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could
purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Congress at the
time did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation, so land
sales provided an important revenue stream. The Ordinance set up a
survey system that eventually covered over three-fourths of the area of
the continental United States.
