Yazoo land controversy resolution

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historical event land claims settlement legal settlement

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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Label	Occurrences
Yazoo land controversy resolution canonical	1
Yazoo land fraud	1
Yazoo land sales of 1795	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ land claims settlement ⓘ legal settlement ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	Georgia General Assembly ⓘ surface form: Georgia state legislative records United States Reports ⓘ surface form: 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 controversy resolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Contract Clause of the United States Constitution Georgia Cession of western lands to the United States ⓘ surface form: Georgia Cession Act of 1802 federal compensation statutes for Yazoo claims ⓘ
location	Georgia ⓘ Mississippi Territory ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject	Yazoo land controversy resolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yazoo land fraud federal authority over state land claims ⓘ public land claims ⓘ
participant	John Marshall ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice John Marshall Thomas Jefferson ⓘ surface form: President Thomas Jefferson Government of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia government United States Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congress Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. Supreme Court United States government ⓘ surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → majorEvent → Yazoo land controversy resolution ⓘ

Yazoo land controversy resolution → mainSubject → Yazoo land controversy resolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazoo land fraud

Yazoo land controversy resolution → hasCause → Yazoo land controversy resolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazoo land sales of 1795