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How were railroad companies important in developing this area and attract settlers?
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What technological innovations was most important for settlers living in West Texas in the late 1800s?
Steamboats
What technological innovation was most important for settlers living in West Texas in the late 1800's?
Steamboat's!!
Why was the marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas important?
It was important for these two to marry because their marragie help restored the peace between the English Settlers and the Indians.
What development helped encourage the american expansion to the west in the mid 1800s?
Some inventions that helped were the railroad, barbed wire, and the telegraph.
What were the Belgian settlers in south Africa known as?
Belgian settlers
Where did many settlers who acquired property on the great plains purchased it from?
railroad companies. from studyisland.com
Another source of land for settlers in addition to the free land offered by the hoestead act were the?
railroad companies
Who settler on the first transcontinental railroad?
white settlers and black settlers
What people were involved in the Pacific Railroad Act?
The people involved in the Pacific Railroad Act was President Abraham Lincoln, Congress, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Central Pacific Railroad. The Act granted the rail companies land on each side of the railroad they built, which they later sold to settlers.
What role did the railroad companies play in attracting Europeans to the West?
* From 1850-1870 the US government gave millions of acres of public land to railroad companies to encourage them to build more rail. * To make more money the railroad companies resold much of that land to settlers. * They sent land agents to Europe to advertise the idea of settling on the Great Plains, and to buy the land from the Railroad companies. Their pamphlets proclaimed "Land for the Landless, Homes for the Homeless!" * Land sales made the railroad companies rich and supplied new customers for railroad services
What railroad attracted Scandinavian settlers in 19th century US?
northern pacific railroad-szabo
What can The transcontinental railroad do?
Help settlers travel faster
Why did settlers head west during the building of the transcontinental railroad?
The railroad needed builders, and those builders lived in new towns along the railroad. Settlers moved with the railroad because they could get lots of land and still have access to manufactured goods from the East because the railroad allowed for the transportation of those goods.
What railroad brought settlers to North Dakota?
Northern Pacific
Why was profit important for the early settlers of Virginia?
Early settlers had companies in Europe that sponsered their journey and had negotitated their colonial claim to land. They had to pay off the debt with the profits from their land or face consequences.
How did the British railroad affect Kenya?
It brought many white settlers, who displaced the Kikuyu
What was The name of the railroad that brought settlers to North Dakota?
The railroad had a huge affect on the settlement of North Dakota the location of most towns in North Dakota was based on where the railroad tracks were going to be laid
