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In an effort to encourage Western migration, the U.S. Government (under president Abraham Lincoln) began providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. After six months of residency, homesteaders also had the option of purchasing the land from the government for $1.25 per acre. The Homestead Act led to the distribution of 80 million acres of public land by 1900.
The Nez Perce felt that owning land was wrong because they thought that the land shouldn't be owned but just kept free.
They could claim up to 160 acres (1/4 section). They had to stay on the land and improve the land (ie plant crops, clear the land) before they could get a deed (ownership) to the land.
98,000,728 acres of land was
According to statistics, the Federal Government owns approximately 728.8 million acres and is the largest land owner in the United States.
gold was discovered on their land - apex
Gold was discovered on their land!
the government broke the treaty protecting there land when gold was found on there land
In an effort to encourage Western migration, the U.S. Government (under president Abraham Lincoln) began providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. After six months of residency, homesteaders also had the option of purchasing the land from the government for $1.25 per acre. The Homestead Act led to the distribution of 80 million acres of public land by 1900.
The U.S. Government opened the land of the Nez Perce to white settlement.
the government broke the treaty protecting there land when gold was found on there land
The Nez Perce felt that owning land was wrong because they thought that the land shouldn't be owned but just kept free.
To find total area , 125 acres X 150 acres = 18750 acres
No. 67 acres is sixty seven acres of land.
give the newcomers 960 acres of land and more if they had children
They could claim up to 160 acres (1/4 section). They had to stay on the land and improve the land (ie plant crops, clear the land) before they could get a deed (ownership) to the land.
gold was discovered on their land - apex