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Originally Posted by iheartthed
I... don't believe they were dumb enough to not realize the potential economic bonanza for Illinois that came with direct lakefront access, and I think that had to be their primary motivating factor for putting the state boundary where they did. Connecticut and Massachusetts were fighting hard for lake access in the late 1700s but were cutoff by New York. Yet, at the same time Illinois was willing to give that up? That would've been an enormous blunder.
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Connecticut owned most of Northeast Ohio back in the late 1700s-- the Connecticut Western Reserve. So, they did have lake access. What do you mean they were cut off by New York?