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Who is Peratla?
Don Luis Maria Peralta, born 1759 died August 26th 1851, was a soldier in the Spanish Army, who received one of the largest of the Spanish land grants, the Rancho San Antonio, a 44,800 acre plot that encompassed most of the East Bay Region of California.
How did the railroads raise most of the money they needed to build their railroad?
Selling government land grants
Most successful land grants were located in which part of texas?
the great plains
What state in the us has the most land?
california
What is most land cover for most of Baja California?
poopies
What was the amount of land added to the U.S. as a result of Manifest Destiny?
they received: Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, some of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
How did railroad companies raise most of the money they needed to build their railroads?
Selling government land grants
What effects did the California gold rush have on Mexican California?
they lost most of their land
What effect did the California gold rush have on Mexican California's?
they lost most of their land
What effect did California gold rush have on Mexican Californians?
they lost most of their land
Were US government grants of land to the railroad industry gifts?
Most if not all the generous land grants provided by the US government to the railroad industry were loans not gifts. By 1898, the US government was repaid $63 million in principal and $104 million in interest.
What was the chief purpose of the headright and patroonship systems?
they are both land grants or someone given land grant if they bring over x amount of people. In return the people live on that land but the headright and patroon get most of the land.
