Yazoo land controversy resolution

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The Yazoo land controversy resolution was the early 19th-century settlement of a massive Georgia land fraud scandal, in which the federal government compensated claimants and helped define federal authority over state land claims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
land claims settlement
legal settlement
appliesToJurisdiction State of Georgia
linked to: Georgia
country United States
describedBySource Georgia state legislative records
United States Supreme Court reports
congressional statutes and debates on Yazoo claims
endTime 1814
followed repeal of the 1795 Yazoo land act by Georgia
followedBy orderly federal disposition of western lands
hasCause Georgia legislature’s corrupt land grants
Yazoo land sales of 1795
hasEffect clarification of contract clause interpretation
creation of Mississippi Territory from ceded lands
final settlement of most Yazoo land claims
strengthening of federal supremacy over state land policies
hasPart Compromise of 1802
Fletcher v. Peck
Georgia Cession of 1802
federal compensation to Yazoo claimants
legalBasis Contract Clause of the United States Constitution
Georgia Cession Act of 1802
federal compensation statutes for Yazoo claims
location Georgia
Mississippi Territory
Washington, D.C.
mainSubject Yazoo land fraud
federal authority over state land claims
public land claims
participant Chief Justice John Marshall
linked to: John Marshall

President Thomas Jefferson
linked to: Thomas Jefferson

State of Georgia government
U.S. Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
United States federal government
Yazoo land companies
private land speculators
pointInTime early 19th century
significantEvent Georgia Cession of western lands to the United States
Supreme Court decision in Fletcher v. Peck
extinguishment of Georgia’s western land claims
federal assumption of Yazoo land claims
payment of compensation to Yazoo claimants
startTime 1802

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Presidency of Thomas Jefferson majorEvent Yazoo land controversy resolution
Yazoo land controversy resolution mainSubject Yazoo land fraud
linked to: Yazoo land controversy resolution
Yazoo land controversy resolution hasCause Yazoo land sales of 1795
linked to: Yazoo land controversy resolution