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To bring settlers to the colony, lord Baltimore, promised 100 acres to each male settler, 100 for his wife,100 for each servant,and 50 for each of his children.
To bring settlers to the colony, lord Baltimore, promised 100 acres to each male settler, 100 fr his wife,100 for each servant,and 50 for each of his children.
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Lewis and Clark were each granted 320 acres of land for their military service. However, both Lewis and Clark encountered complications and delays in securing their land claims.
It means giving settlers there share for the land and having other shares for each other that is just what they do.
When then western lands of the colonies were divided into 6-mile squares called townships. Then each township was divided into 36 sections of 640 acres each. Then each section could be sold to settlers.
In South Carolina, between 1600 to 1700, every new white settler was granted twenty acres of land for each black male slave. Ten acres were given for every black female slave the new settler brought into the colony.
The Headright System
Ben Franklin divided his colony into townships made up of 5000 acres each
if i have 2 acres and each end has 218 feet what do the 2 sides equal