Because that is when ppl started going in dif places in the world ensted of staying with there own races
That would be the Ottoman Empire, after its fall, Czechoslovakia was formed, ad parts of the empire were given France and Italy, while others to the Greeks.
Both the republic and state granted lands for military service in the form of bounty and donation grants.
"By an act of 1879 certificates for an additional 640 acres were granted under stringent restrictions to indigent veterans of the Texas Revolution. Bounty and donation grants for military service amounted to a total of 3,149,234 acres."
Basically, as a reward or an incentive for their service in multiple battles.
