A homesteader had only to be the head of a household or at least 21 years of age to claim a 160-acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life
including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from
the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of
"proving up" and keeping this "free land." Each homesteader had to live on
the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before
they were eligible to "prove up." A total filing fee of $18 was the only
money required
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- National Park Service, www. nps. gov (accessed November 14, 2013)
The process described above led to -

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings