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How much were the Acres of land under the Land Ordinance of 1785?
1 dollar
How much would 3 acres of land cost in 1700?
Where at? Farm land? Commercial land? Building plot? So much factors into that...
What could settlers claim under the homestead act?
160 acres of land
How much land did Lord Fairfax own?
5 million acres. fair fax county.
What did the homestead act 1862 offer western settlers?
160 acres of free land to farm
What 1882 act gave 160 free acres of land to settlers?
the homestead act gave 160 acres of free land to new settlers.
What measures did the government take to support settlement of the frontiers?
To help the settlement of the frontier, the government passed the Homestead Act, which offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household.
How many acres of land is available per each US citizen?
8
The law which gave 160 acres of land to famlies settling parts of the west was the?
Homestead Act of 1862 gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the West.
What gave all men of a household 160 acres?
Not sure why this question is in the Bible area, but it was the Dawes Act of 1887 that gave Native Americans 160 acres of land.
In 1862 what law gave people to claim a 160 acres of land for a small fee?
The Homestead Land Act
What system gave 50 acres of land to each settler and 50 additional acres for each person he or she brought to the colony?
The Headright System
Which act gave Americans 160 acres of free land to encourage farming?
The Homestead Act
Why did the federal distribute more than 200 million acres in railroad land grants?
They gave the land as an incentive to build the railroad .
What law gave native Americans 160 acres of land if they gave up their religion?
The Dawes Act of 1887 offered Native Americans 160 acres of land if they agreed to give up their communal land ownership system and adopt individual farming practices. This law aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by encouraging them to become independent farmers.
Whom or what gave 160 acres in the west to people who agreed to occupy the land for at least 5 years?
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave the right to farmers who worked a claim of 160 acres for five years.
What is the dawns act?
Moved Indians tribes to permanent reservation and gave each 160 acres of land.
