There is much in a name. It was still more important that
these townships were only six miles square; for that made it sure
that, in due course of time, when population should have become dense
enough, they would be convenient areas for establishing township
government.
QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.
1. What feature is conspicuous in the westward movement of population
in the United States?
2. What looseness characterized early surveys in Kentucky?
3. What led to the passage of the land ordinance of 1785?
4. Give the leading features of the government survey of western
lands:--_a_. The principal meridians.
b. The range lines,
c. The base lines.
d. The township lines.
5. Illustrate the application of the system in the case of a town.
6. Contrast in shape western townships and counties with corresponding
divisions in Massachusetts and Virginia.
7. Contrast them in convenience and in picturesqueness.
8. What had the convenience of the government system to do with the
settlement of the West?
9. What were the divisions of the township, and what disposition was
made of them?
10. What important reservations were made in the townships?
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