JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Question
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Lawmakers were not legally allowed to create laws dealing with land.
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Lawmakers wanted to live on the cheap land the land companies owned.
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Lawmakers wanted Georgia to grow and develop because of the land deals.
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Lawmakers were paid by the land companies to sell them land at cheap prices.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The issue made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court where the issue was finally resolved. As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia lost all of its western lands between the Chattahoochee and Mississippi Rivers. The federal government paid Georgia $1.25 million for theses disputed lands between in Georgia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia was too weak after the Revolution to defend its vast western land claims, called the “Yazoo lands” after the river that flowed through the westernmost part. Consequently, the legislature listened eagerly to proposals from speculators willing to pay for the right to form settlements there.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1802 the state ceded to the federal government all claim to lands west of its present border (which were organized into the Mississippi Territory), along with the ongoing legal disputes. Claims by third-party owners who had innocently purchased land from the original companies were not fully resolved until 1816.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why would Georgians be upset with the Yazoo Act? Due to the essence of the land speculators, they offered the Citizens of Georgia a deal of giving their land away. The US Federal Government had asked the governor to appeal the Yazoo Act without the permission of the Georgians.