The royal governor. The governor had great power over the political structure of a colony. They would decide when to call for provincial assemblies, to dissolve, to prorogue, and even vet legislation that has been passed by those assemblies. Basically the governor ensured that royal policy in the colonies was enforced.
I will assume you mean the Homestead Act of 1862, which was the first and most iconic one. In that case, the requirements were that the homesteader, the one filing the claim, be either the head of the household OR twenty-one years old, they had to live only on the designated land, build a home, improve it, and farm the land for five years, and, finally, they had to be a United States citizen that had never taken up arms against America.
Life drastically changed for African Americans after the Civil War. For one, they were now free -- after Lincoln freed the slaves in his Emancipation Proclamation. In the years that followed, little by little, freedoms were given. The black codes were overturned, and African Americans could vote and raise their families. But discrimination in the South was still relevant, and treatment towards African Americans in the former Confederate states worsened.
Answer:
- A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- A correspondence or partial similarity.
- A thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects.
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