Question

What government rule allowed states to by lands they had claimed to the west

Answer 1

Virginia. Being the possessor of the oldest colonial charter, Virginians felt confident that they had the best claim to lands in the west. ...

Connecticut. ...

Massachusetts. ...

New York. ...

North Carolina. ...

South Carolina. ...

Georgia.

States with land claims. Ceded swath between present north and south border-latitudes west to Mississippi River, across present-day Pennsylvania (notably the Wyoming Valley disputed in the Pennamite–Yankee War), Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, except for a portion south of Lake Erie.

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