Because they had to get a certain amount of states to verify the law in order to take action.
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Though his birthplace is in dispute, he considered himself a South Carolina native. His father died before his birth and Andrew's mother and her three small boys moved in with her Crawford relatives. Jackson attended local schools, receiving an elementary education and perhaps a smattering of higher learning
Provided land as long as worked the land 10 years or so and then the land is yours