The object of the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 was to preserve the public domain from private exploitation.

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The Northwest Ordinances were designed to establish a systematic and orderly process for expanding and governing the United States' new territories, not specifically to preserve them from private exploitation. They included provisions for surveying and selling land to settlers, establishing governance, and eventual statehood for territories.

The Object of the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787