Historedia
Group or institution

Confederation Congress

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1785

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Confederation Congress, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Passage of the Northwest Ordinance

    1785

    Role: Legislative body that passed the Land Ordinance of 1785

    1. 1785 · Passage location not confirmed by retrieved passages; legacy record indicates PhiladelphiaPassage of the Land Ordinance of 1785

      The Confederation Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785, which described how land in the Northwest Territory would be sold to private citizens.

Sources

  1. Northwest Ordinance Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19