Answer is: <span>b.a series of federal land grants.
</span><span>Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.
</span>The Great Plains <span>is the broad expanse of flat land</span><span> that lies west of the </span>Mississippi River tallgrass prairie<span> states and east of the </span>Rocky Mountains<span> in the United States and Canada. </span>
Where's the... "Following"???
I need the examples.
Petition: Please provide governors as you agreed to in our contract.
<span>Answer: No more governors. I'll tax you more instead. (Insult and injury) </span>
<span>Petition: Please send soldiers to protect us from criminals and natives. </span>
<span>Answer: I'll send soldiers only to collect more taxes from you. (Another insult. Another injury)</span>