A map of the United States in 1789, showing the State territorial claims, territories, and areas of territorial dispute. The map is color-coded to show States, territories, British possessions, and Spanish possessions, and shows the Northwest Territory north of the Ohio River, the State claims of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, the Connecticut Reserve, the disputed territory in northern Massachusetts (Maine) and southern Georgia, and the western lands ceded by North Carolina and South Carolina south of the Ohio River.