Which of the Following Statements About the Three Land Ordinances

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the three land ordinances is accurate?

A) They focused on the distribution of land in the eastern United States after the Revolutionary War.
B) They specified who would own land in the United States but nothing about the procedures the landowners would follow.
C) They preceded the Treaty of Paris and gave Great Britain control of much of the land in the West.
D) They were policies that outlined processes for orderly western expansion, such as land surveys and the conditions for statehood.
E) They established new colonies in the Caribbean and led to an increase in the number of enslaved Africans.