The History of Georgia 
.... After the Revolutionary War, a number of governors signed
land grants for considerably more than the law allowed, and such
grants served to fuel
land ....
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The Impact of the Railroads in the Western US
.... Thus, in 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act was passed which provided massive
land grants to railroad companies for the purpose of expanding transportation and ....
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Modern law in English-influenced Judiciaries
.... descendants. The king made
land grants to the great lords; they in turn made
grants to their own retainers, or vassals. Each grant ....
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Spanish Speakers in California
.... became governor of then Mexican controlled California: "In 1846, with the American conquest imminent, Pico sold out handiong out enormous
land grants in return ....
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The history of Europe
.... The initial
land grants by England stipulated that the colony's western border was the other ocean to the west. Now that could become a reality. ....
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1836 Battle between Mexico and Texas
.... In 1818, while apparently still feeling it could prevail both against Napoleon and in Mexico, the government of Spain offered
land grants to anyone who could ....
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The Granger Movement
.... the worst of it. The railroad barons were also the beneficiaries of highly suspect
land grants. A contemporary account describes ....
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Alta & Baja California
.... had refused to recognize. However, 70
land grants were not reviewed, so the matter was not entirely settled. Laws in 1860, 1870 ....
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES: Historical Overview
.... Mexican and Spanish
land grants, quite different from the federal
land grant college program, played no role in either the creation or the development of the ....
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California Real Estate
.... Another example is the
land grants given to the railroads to encourage them to build the transcontinental line which brought the East and West coasts together. ....
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de las Casas & Spaniard Mistreatment of Indians
.... Witnessing the mistreatment of the Indians firsthand, he ultimately renounced both encomienda
land grants, and his fight against that system gave fruit in 1540 ....
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American History
.... In exchange for renouncing their tribal holdings, Native Americans would receive
land grants of 160 acres for family heads or 80 acres to individual adults. ....
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Failure of the Dawes Act
.... in 1887. The Act stipulated that Native Americans give up their tribal lands in return for individual
land grants. Sponsored by ....
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Analysis of a Speech by FD Roosevelt
.... to assist the development of these industries, imposing tariffs to protect fledgling industries, subsidizing railroads - often with
land grants, including some ....
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Early Settlement in Australia
.... Due to large government
land grants and their control of the economy through the rum trade, members of the New South Wales Corps were able to grow wealthy and ....
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Civil Rights Law and Historically Black Colleges
.... This act provided federal
land grants to each state for the purpose of endowing higher education institutions for the education of the middle and working ....
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Southern Ontario & Southern Quebec
....
Land was assigned to the early French settlers within large areas of
land known as seigneuries, and within these
land grants the rang system of settlement was ....
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Europe and the New World
.... people by the rich: "The conquerors . . . obtained . . . [
land]
grants from the Crown. . . . In return, they gained the power to ....
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE This research paper discusses
.... Basically, soldiers and other lower gentry received
land grants, non-hereditary fiefdoms, from the Tsar in return for their military services. ....
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First Socialist Society
.... In the countryside, this meant that peasants called for
land grants, and some appropriated from landowning estates, sometimes violently, what the government ....
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Slavery in the Colonial Period in New York
.... It was in 1629 that Dutch colonists granted "Privileges and Exemptions" of basically feudatory
land grants began to arrive from Holland and gradually assume ....
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Rebellion Before the American Revolution
.... that would double as garrisons. Incentives were provided in the form of
land grants and subsidies. But by the 1670s, the frontier ....
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TEXAN INDEPENDENCE
.... lived among the Cherokees, negotiated in February 1836 a treaty with the Cherokee Nation under which the Cherokees, in return for
land grants in northeast Texas ....
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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LAW
.... recognition, protection, extinguishment and impairment of native title." The '93 NTA made it clear that past acts of government, such as
land grants and mining ....
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American History: The Progressive Era
.... government's practice of encouraging industrial and agricultural development and professionalization by way of laissez faire policies,
land grants, and loans ....
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The Progressive Era and American Life
.... government's practice of encouraging industrial and agricultural development and professionalization by way of laissez faire policies,
land grants, and loans ....
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Able Case
.... The new plant needs to be built in a new location, where the company can solicit tax breaks,
land grants, and other benefits from the local government. ....
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Dispute Between Greek & Turkish Cypriots
.... First, Ottoman administrators established the timar system of
land grants, which allowed Ottoman citizens to obtain
land on Cyprus from the Sultan provided ....
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African-American: Slave and Free
.... willingly. When money could not be used as an inducement for service, some states, such as Virginia, offered
land grants. The prospect ....
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Bacon's Rebellion
.... Many of the men under Bacon's command were former indentured servants who had received
land grants after completing their period of indentured service. ....
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