Why was the disposition of land west of the Appalachian Mountains controversial?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Native Americans, as well as various states, claimed the region.
2. Federal negotiators signed treaties with Native Americans and took much of modern Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.
3. Native Americans no longer had the British to protect their interests in the West.
4. Virginia and Georgia claimed land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific coast by virtue of royal charters.
5. State legislators anticipated large revenues through land sales.
6. Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina announced intentions to seize western land.
7. “Landless” states, whose boundaries had been established years earlier, protested the western land grab of other states and refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation because they believed all states should profit from the victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.
8. Maryland feared their residents would desert their home state in search of cheap Virginia farms because Virginia claimed so much of the Northwest Territory.
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a. the United States. b. Norway. c. Canada. d. French Equatorial Africa. e. India.
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What will be an ideal response?
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