[DoodleDawg]

King George owned all the land of the Colonies. Independence invalidated all of that.

Actually the Treaty of Paris did. What treaty invalidated federal ownership of property in the South?

[DiogenesLamp]

Actually the Treaty of Paris did.

By acknowledging the US as an independent nation. "Self determination" is what allowed them to keep what used to be the King's land.

What treaty invalidated federal ownership of property in the South?

Not a treaty, a Declaration. The one that justified us keeping all the King's land.