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Territories Clause

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory…belonging to the United States….
article IV
Section
3
Clause
4
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Arguing, based on evidence from the Constitutional Convention and Federalist Papers, that the Territory Clause was understood to provide the federal government with control over Indian lands reserved by the Proclamation of 1763 following the French and Indian War. 

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