it make the Texas land so desirable because the meico don't want to be a part of the texas
do your homework don't ask me
Originally it was to get outside the control of the US government.
oil
bad because the speculators used the law to buy large amounts of land cheaply
The land policy was that settlers got land even if they didn't live there and was often sold to speculators. The congress would also give land to immigrant agents. The immigrant agents would relocate settlers to the area. The land policy effected Texas's growth by the population.
Andrew Jackson tried to stop land speculators by congress passing the Indian Removal Act in 1830
selling land to farmers
The Proclomation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they owned land west of the mountains.
The Proclomation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they owned land west of the mountains.
land speculators to have first rights to purchase public domain land.
they live off the land
speculators
settlers got land even if they didn't live there and was often sold to speculators
Land speculators
is not "The Homestead Act :) " It's the Morrill Land-Grant Act