Students hear about the Northwest Ordinance and the birth of the public domain, then have no idea that several original states once claimed overlapping territory stretching west of the Appalachians. The State Claims to Western Lands map puts those competing claims on one wall so the cessions make visual sense instead of staying abstract.
- Identifies the western land claims of the states that were ceded to Congress in 1791
- Covers the late 1700s and early 1800s, the period when state claims gave way to federal territory
- Meets U.S. History curriculum requirements and works in public, private, parochial, and home school classrooms
- Published by Kappa Map Group as part of its Classroom Series, catalog #016
- Finishing choices include paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, black or walnut rails, framed, or spring roller with backboard
Teachers running a full early republic unit can have Map Shop mount several Classroom Series history maps, from Revolutionary War coverage through the 20th century, on a single roller system in sets of two through eight. Contact us with your list and we will build the order.

