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The facts below list reasons that the __ was a failure: - The reason the land companies were able to buy the land so cheaply was that they bribed the Georgia Legislators. The sale was overturned by new Georgia Legislators the next year, but some of the land had already been sold. - After the sale was overturned, some of the same land was sold to new people. - The U.S. Supreme Court eventually said the sale should not have been overturned, so then there were a lot of cases where two people who had both bought the same piece of land. Headright System Land Lotteries Yazoo Act
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Joshua
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The failure can be attributed to corrupt practices, specifically bribery of Georgia Legislators, leading to the cheap sale of land. The subsequent overturning of the sale by new legislators came too late, as some land had already been sold. Additionally, the re-sale of the same land to new buyers and conflicting decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court created legal chaos, resulting in disputes over ownership. The key elements involved in this failure include the Headright System, Land Lotteries, and the controversial Yazoo Act.