JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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For warmer climate
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The government was giving away free land
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The Native Americans forced them westward
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The heard about the land from Lewis and Clark
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Donation Land Claim Act spurred a huge migration into Oregon Territory by offering qualifying citizens free land. The act took effect on September 27, 1850, granting 320 acres of federal land to white male citizens 18 years of age or older who resided on property on or before December 1, 1850.
Detailed explanation-2: -Free land in Oregon and the possibility of finding gold in California lured them westward. At the same time, eastern churches wanted to teach American Indians of the Oregon Country their European ideas of “civilization.” Many simply hoped for a chance to start a new life.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Willamette Stone was placed just west of present-day Portland, thus defining the Willamette Meridian, and the first survey of Oregon City was completed by Joseph Hunt in March, 1852. After 1854, land was no longer free in Oregon.
Detailed explanation-4: -27, 1850, the Donation Land Claim Act became law. That makes this week the act’s 170th anniversary. It allowed white settlers-and only white settlers-to claim 320-acre parcels of land in the Oregon Territory, which included the modern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and parts of Wyoming.