ARP334 Land Ordinance of 1784

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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1:02.4	This week, episode 334, the land ordinance of 1784.
1:08.4	With the Revolutionary War having come to an end, the Continental Congress still needed
1:13.6	to deal with issues related to promises made to the Continental Army, and part of those
1:18.9	promises were going to be dealt with by giving veterans claims to Western lands. Before it could
1:25.6	do any of that, it was going to have to sort out the conflicting state claims to those Western lands. Before it could do any of that, it was going to have to sort out the conflicting
1:29.1	state claims to those Western lands. Now, back in 1763, you'll recall we discussed that London,
1:36.7	specifically the Privy Council, had tried to prevent Western migration beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
1:43.1	Prior to that Royal proclamation, however,
1:46.0	British colonial charters had been pretty vague on Western borders and sometimes issued
1:51.7	charters that were clearly in conflict with other charters. Part of the reason for this is that
1:56.7	Britain wanted to push Western claims as far as possible when it was competing with French
2:02.2	claims from Quebec. As a result, states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Virginia,
2:09.1	all had documents that pushed far into the West by some interpretations all the way to the
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