ECON 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Northwest Ordinance, Voting Age, Primogeniture
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Thomas jefferson"s main ideas on land: land transfer to individuals should be permanent. No free holds : an orderly distribution of scientifically surveyed plots, populations could turn their lands into independent states with equal status with the states that made up the original colonies. These goals ensured the spread of democracy and limited government across the country. One section of the township was set aside for the public schools and four other sections for government uses. Originally there was a suggestion that land was set aside for churches, but this was defeated. Originally organized as a district with a governor and judges appointed by congress. When one of the districts had 5,000 male residents of voting age an elected legislature was established and a non-voting delegate was sent to congress. When the population reached 60,000 the territory became a state on an equal footing with the other states with representation in the us congress.
