The land ordinance of 1784 establishing the requirements for the creation and admission
of new states to the Union stipulated that:
Select one:
a. no new state could be larger than any already existing state
b.
new states would be equal in all respects to already existing states
c.
new states were ruled by a commission for two years
O d.
citizens of new states would pay higher property taxes for a period of five years following the admission of the
state