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State Claims to Western Lands 1783-1802 (colour litho)

State Claims to Western Lands 1783-1802 (colour litho)
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PNH351103
Image title
State Claims to Western Lands 1783-1802 (colour litho)
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Artist
American School, (20th century) / American
Location
Private Collection
Medium
colour lithograph
Image description

Following the Declaration of Independence, the newly 'landed' states sought to acquire the remaining six 'landless' states in order to avoid taxation; land claims were often confusing as they sometimes overlapped; after the War of Independence, the US government managed to get the landed states to surrender their claims, thus halting the inevitability of any one state having far more land than others;

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Peter Newark American Pictures / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
18th century / 19th century / USA / North America / America (continent) / history / Declaration of Independence (USA) / cartography / eastern seaboard / explansion / florida / taxes / mapping / atlantic ocean / grid / gulf of mexico

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