A 6Â­byÂ­6 grid was included in a 1785 (*) ordinance named for this resource, which was followed by the Northwest Ordinance.
An inquiry into limiting the sale of this commodity sparked the WebsterÂ–Hayne debate and was called the Foot Resolution. An act concerning this resource was modified by the 1904 Kinkaid Act. The exchange of this resource for the funding of indentured servants formed the basis of the Headright System. A 6Â­byÂ­6 grid was included in a 1785 (*) ordinance named for this resource, which was followed by the Northwest Ordinance. Levi Woodbury authored a decree which required that this resource be purchased with gold or silver money, the Specie Circular. The 1862 Morrill Act gave this resource to states to allow the establishment of a namesake type of "grant colleges." For 10 points, name this resource, massive amounts of which were transferred to the United States by the Louisiana Purchase.
An inquiry into limiting the sale of this commodity sparked the WebsterÂ–Hayne debate and was called the Foot Resolution.
public  lands [or obvious equivalents like  property,    territory,   etc.]