2. Western Lands Problem
- land speculators, eastern state claims, Brit. Proc. of 1763
- protostates emerged in the SW Territory
- Franklin 1769 by John Sevier - "squatter sovereignty"
- on western boundary of VA, along Watauga River
- Vandalia 1773 by George Grogham and Ben Franklin
- Brit. land grant 1770 of 20m acres to Grogham's Grand Ohio Co.
- Lord Dunmore's War 1774-1775
- Transylvania 1775 by Richard Henderson
- Daniel Boone
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