The Homestead Act of 1862 authorized United States Government to encourage the pioneers to provide them land in the West, on the conditions that they (settlers) had to build their own structures and had to live on the land for not less than five years
<span>Religion served as a motive for colonization, as well as a form of government, and a reason for conflict</span>
An independent or free press would not be a trait of a fascist government. Fascist governments routinely restrict and suppress the press. It was not uncommon for those governments to control the press and publish official papers which supported their policies.
The Intolerable Acts<span> were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major </span>acts<span> involved that angered the colonists. The first was the Boston Port Bill and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor.</span>
