SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Surveyors would come and mark off the boundaries.
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It would be measured by how far a man could walk in a day and a half.
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Someone would walk across the land and count their steps
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It would be measured by how far a person could see while standing on a hill.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Among all the land measurement units used, square feet, acre, and hectare are the three most common units.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hectares, acres, square meters, and square yards (Gaj) are some of the common land measurement units used across India. While Bigha and Marla are commonly used in the North, terms such as Cent, Guntha, and Ground belong to the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. Planimeter is an instrument used in surveying to compute the area of any given plan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pacing is a reasonably easy and quick method of measuring distance in the field. It is used to measure a distance and is often used with a sighting or a hand compass. Most commonly, pacing is split up into segments, such as chains, which are set measures of distance.