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jul 1, 1796 - The Public Land Act

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- Established orderly procedures for settling the west
- Selling and dividing federal lands with moderate prices
- New England in 1791
- Kentucky in 1792
- Tennessee in 1796

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jul 1, 1796
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~ 230 years ago