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American Settlement
1700s
Question | Answer |
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1682 | William Penn lays out the City of Philidelphia in a grid pattern with 5 public squares to serve the populace in his "Holy Experiment". (Planned Communities) |
1785 | Ordinance of 1785 - the rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest. The rectangular survey = the "largest single act of national planning in our history and...the most significant in terms of continuing impact on body politic"- Daniel Elazar. (Landmark |
1818 | In a speech before Congress, Henry Clay proposes a plan called the American System, to allocate federal funds stimulate the national economy by combining tariffs with internal improvements, such as roads, canals, and other waterways. (Econ Dev) |