They passed the Land Ordinance of 1784, which set up a process to divide the Northwest Territory into new states, followed by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to establish a system to survey the land.

The ELLICOTT LINE, the western border of Pennsylvania and its border with Ohio, is a famous demarcation between older colonial land grants and the newer land allotments following the Revolution.It ...

While the Ordinance of 1784 was passed, much of the land in the Western Territories was owned by multiple Native American tribes, making it difficult to put into effect.

They passed the Land Ordinance of 1784, which set up a process to divide the Northwest Territory into new states, followed by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to establish a system to survey the land.