The homestead act help the western migration by providing 160 acres of land.in exchange, the homesteaders paid a small fee and were required to 5 years of residence before having ownership of it. I hope this will help you.
Waves of transformation in Texas included cotton cattle and oil industry. Oil first strike in spindle top transformed Texas from an agriculture state to an industrial state, a petroleum power house. The oil was found on UT lands and this developed into a permanent university fund, wealthy oil men created charitable foundations for arts, education and social services which greatly benefited higher education.
He was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was the third president.He was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. He funded Lewis and Clark's expedition. I'm pretty sure his legacy is being the author of the Declaration of Independence.
One of his dilemmas might have been piracy. Barbary states of north Africa requested money in exchange for the safety of american ships. Tripoli, a place in north Africa, declared war on the United States. Jefferson's solution was to send a small fleet of warships to Tripoli. Tripoli and the United States eventually signed a peace treaty. The United States gave $60,000 ransom for the Philadelphia, and american ship that Tripoli had captured.
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