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The US stole all the Native Americans land.
People of my community have changed the land to make living easier by damming rivers and farming land.
People moved to the Oregon Territory because there was an abundance of free farm land, there was a fur trade, missionaries, and also for better health.
the settlers pushing the natives out of their land and taking the natives land. passing laws designed to make settlement easier.
The land was low and swampy. Swamps meant mosquitoes , and mosquitoes could carry deadly diseases
Through conquest and subversion of the native tribes. Technically speaking, they passed the Homestead Act, which gave settlers the right to carve out a plot of land, for free.
Western lands in the U.S. were made available through encouragement from the railroad companies for eastern settlers to move (Montana plots especially through this method),and land grab races (Oklahoma a prime example here). There also were advertisements for land sales once the Oregon trail was established and finding gold/silver/etc mines encouraged more people to find ways to move west.
The 1862 to 1863 US Congress and President Lincoln instituted the Homestead Act. This gave huge advantages to settlers to move west. They received their claimed land practically for free if they followed the rules of the Act. It offered tracts of land in sizes as much as 160 acres if a homesteader built a home, stayed at least 5 years and farmed the land.
the significance of reservations is that the united states government moved native americans to reservations to make more land available for settlers and railroads
The Homestead Act, The Morrill Act, and gave out free land in OklahomaTT
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The 1862 to 1863 US Congress and President Lincoln instituted the Homestead Act. This gave huge advantages to settlers to move west. They received their claimed land practically for free if they followed the rules of the Act. It offered tracts of land in sizes as much as 160 acres if a homesteader built a home, stayed at least 5 years and farmed the land.
Because then they could claim some of that land as their own, and make a living out of it.
The US stole all the Native Americans land.
People of my community have changed the land to make living easier by damming rivers and farming land.
Early settlers cleared land of forests for agriculture, to build homes and settlements, and for fuel and materials for construction. Clearing the land also allowed for easier travel and access to resources.
People moved to the Oregon Territory because there was an abundance of free farm land, there was a fur trade, missionaries, and also for better health.