| Eastern settlers took up new homes under the auspices of the Homestead Act that allowed new settlers to take up residence and land. |
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| Additionally, his support of the Homestead Act and the Morrill Land Grant College Act made it easier for farmers to obtain land and further their agricultural tinning. |
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| By providing land to those that would go west, stake a claim, and work it for five years, the Homestead Act provided an opportunity to build wealth by developing property. |
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| Two generations before the famous 1862 Homestead Act of the United States, the British North America colonies, especially in Upper Canada, had instituted a policy of free land grants on a massive scale. |
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| The new law was precisely on all-fours with the Homestead Act. |
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