Why did this act cause public outrage in georgia? a lands that had been farmed by georgians for generations were sold to northern industrialists seeking cheap land to build factories. b the state returned american indian land taken in the american revolution to its owners rather than selling the land to pay off debts from the war. c territory that could have been granted to individual settlers was instead sold to land companies who bribed lawmakers in georgia. d farmers were angry that georgia ceded valuable agricultural land to the federal government in exchange for forgiveness of the state's debts.