The next year (1786) Connecticut gave up her claims.
But she reserved a large tract of land directly west of Pennsylvania.
This was called the Connecticut Reserve or, more often, the Western Reserve.

South Carolina and North Carolina ceded their lands in 1787 and 1790, and finally Georgia gave up her claims to western lands in 1802.
[Sidenote: Reasons for the ordinance.] [Sidenote: Passage of Ordinance of 1787.

_McMaster_, 160-162; _Source-Book_, 169-172.] [Sidenote: Passage of Ordinance of 1787.

_McMaster_, 160-162; _Source-Book_, 169-172.] 176.

Passage of the Ordinance of 1787 .-- What should be done with the lands which in this way had come into the possession of the people of all the states?
It was quite impossible to divide these lands among the people of the thirteen states.