Answer: it provided 6,400 acres of land for each mile of track laid.
The Pacific Railroad Act was a law which primary objective was to create a transcontinental railroad. To accomplish this, railroads companies were given <em>government bonds</em> as well as <em>grants of land</em> to work with.
Sections 2 and 3 of the Act, established the acquisition of rights of way, to the Company that laid the tracks.
The first one, conceded <em>both the rail itself and 200 ft of public land away from it, for each side.</em> The second one, <em>added 10 square miles to the prior,</em> whenever the rails were not crossing rivers or went through cities.
This was specified in the Act with the <u>following phrase:</u> <em>"five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side"</em>.
On the other hand, loans from $16000 per mile of flat prairie railroad were authorized up to $48000 when companies worked in a mountain.
Answer:
they had planting season year round unlike people in the middle colonies who only had a short period if time to plant and harvest
The cycle of power was from Spain to Mexico to Texas. US got hold of Texas in 1845 only.
Explanation:
From the given years here:
In 1810 Spain was in possession of the whole territory of Mexico including Texas.
After the Mexican war of independence the Mexicans were able to get the control of Texas in 1821 but that was not to be for long.
After only a few years Texas started seceding and then eventually declared itself into an independent country.
So to summarize:
1810 onward: Spain
1821 onward: Mexico
1826: Texas
US only ruled Texas from 1845 which is not a part of the given timeline.
Answer:
British troops and minutemen agreed to a truce after the first shot was fired. Or D
Explanation:
All over New England, colonists, also called minutemen, pledged to be ready to fight at minute's notice. British troops fired at minutemen in Lexington. Paul Revere rowed to Charlestown to alert colonists that the British were coming
