Wetlands

Losses in the United States

1780's to 1980's

Figure 2

FIGURE 2: STATE BOUNDARIES AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION CIRCA 1790
(Adapted from Stoll 1970)

*Erie triangle ceded by New York to U.S. 1781; sold to Pennsylvania in 1792.
East and West Florida retrocede by Great Britian in 1783.
Vermont extralegally self governing 1777-1791.

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