The Land Ordinance of 1785 Was Significant Because It

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was significant because it

A) imposed large tariffs on luxury goods arriving on American lands through East Coast ports.
B) established the principles of land surveying and landownership that governed America's westward expansion.
C) redistributed the property of British loyalists to small farmers who supported the revolution.
D) provided 40 acres of free land to all immigrants from western and northern European countries.