3. What led to the passage of the land ordinance of 1785?
4. Give the leading features of the government survey of western
lands:—a. The principal meridians.
b. The range lines,
c. The base lines.
d. The township lines.
5. Illustrate the application of the system in the case of a town.
6. Contrast in shape western townships and counties with corresponding divisions in Massachusetts and Virginia.
7. Contrast them in convenience and in picturesqueness.
8. What had the convenience of the government system to do with the settlement of the West?
9. What were the divisions of the township, and what disposition was made of them?
10. What important reservations were made in the townships?
11. Show how these reservations involved a kind of taxation.
12. What profound influence has the reservation for schools exerted upon local government?