How were the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 similar?
They both extended slavery
They both freed enslaved people,
They both united the thirteen states
They both encouraged settlement

They both encouraged settlement and so the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787 were similar.

Option D

Explanation:

Both the Ordinances that is The Land Ordinance of 1785 and The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 were passed through the Article of Confederation. This articulated in both the ordinance to provide for land to the cultivators which will eventually encourage settlement.

The cheap land were given to the white farmers which by cropping needs has to settle nearby and hence settlement were encouraged and led to the formation of 10 States of United States under Article of Confederation.

assuming that by westerners you mean americans. that they were mean and controlling and abusive to its peasants.

explanation:

d) a constitutional amendment