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