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Why did the smaller states want the larger states to give up their clam on western territories?

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The smaller states wanted to protect the interests of American Indians. The smaller states had to pay taxes to the central government. The smaller states wanted the western lands to belong to only them.
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They wanted them to give it up Bc they wanted some more land
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