History of the Land Question in the United States |
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acquisition acres actual settlers administration agrarian Alaska annexation April Articles of Confederation authorship became bill boundary bounty Carolina ceded cession charter claims colonies Commissioner committee Confederation Connecticut controversy Cutler Dane disposed dollars emigrants feudal France Free-Soil French Georgia Homestead Act homestead law Ibid important Indian interest Jefferson Journals of Congress land grants land laws Land Office land question land system legislation Legislature March Maryland Massachusetts ment Mexico Mississippi Monroe Nathan Dane national domain negotiation North American Review Northwest Northwestern Territory Ohio Company Ordinance of 1787 original Orleans party passed political population pre-emption act principles Province of Louisiana provisions public domain public lands purchase of Louisiana resolution revenue River sections Senate settlement laws slavery Southern Spain Spanish square miles Statutes-at-Large survey temporary government tenure Texas tion townships treaty Union United Virginia Washington Webster West Florida Western lands Western Territory York