I think it would be the third choice
The second amendment i will look in my notes for the quote
The Homestead Act was attractive to settlers, because it gave land to anyone over 21, or head of family (even women and former slaves), who applied for land, this land for a very cheap price (or no price at all) and through this it enabled easy settlement. The farmers had to then cultivate the land for a period of time, and if they did not abandon it and tended to it properly, it became their property.
Great Britain and the British Empire except Scotland started in 1752 and they adopted the Gregorian calendar and 1952 also