Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land.
A new concept that became popular with department stores was using credit cards, and buying on credit: it allowed the users t posses good they cannot afford and on the other hand gave more revenue to the shops and they could charge interest.
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By the early 1700s, the fur trade was firmly established in the Great Lakes region. The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived together, and often married each other and built families together.
