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The Gift Outright

This is a reference to the American people's surrender to the land.

Massachusetts and Virginia

These two colonies function as a synecdoche for all 13 colonies.

England

This nation is depicted as the "owner" of the colonists.

The Deed of Gift

This legal language is also an allusion to a line from Marlowe's Doctor Faustus.

Westward

This is a reference to the eventual expansion of the American nation.

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