... which would be split into thirty-six sections of one square mile each. The sixteenth section for each township was reserved to be sold for the benefit of public schools, setting a model for the public education system in the United States. This land was larger than all of the established states put together, so by selling the land, the weak new government received money that it would not ... independent from the dictatorial rules of England. The Articles of Confederation both reflected the ideals and philosophies of the American Revolution while highlighting the realistic intricacy of d...

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