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Homesteading
Three major philosophies led to the homesteading in the United States of America. Three theories can be used to explain why homesteading took place in the United States. “Economic Determinism”, was put across by Frederick Turner. ”. It identified aspects of social progress that resulted in economic success of a country. Social progress was to be achieved through trade, ranching, intensive farming and agriculture. Most of the named aspects directly relate to land utilization. The second theory “Environmental Determinism was formulated by Walter Webb. It stated that the natural environment was the primary determinant on how most regions would be settled in the future. Thus, most people sought to take up land in the west permanently. Patricia Nelson formulated the third major theory known as “Possibilism”. It stated that the society has to make ethical choices regarding on growth development and the environment.
The United States was made up by acquiring several pieces of land. Each land was purchased at a different price. The following acquisitions were made by the United States government; Louisiana …show more content…
The homestead act of 1862 saw every male in the society owing close to 160 acres of land. The land could only be sold later after six months after the family had ploughed it. The second act was the Desert Act of 1877 that saw massive irrigation of farms increase the produce. The third act was the Timber Culture Act that saw more trees being planted for the sole purpose of increasing the amount of rainfall.
People believed that once they started irrigating and planting trees, rain would soon start falling, and their harvest would be great. The trees planted during this time did not even survive the first season. The second myth revolves around acquiring gold and other minerals of the mineral lands. As discovered later, there were very few deposits of minerals in these
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Homesteading
Three major philosophies led to the homesteading in the United States of America. Three theories can be used to explain why homesteading took place in the United States. “Economic Determinism”, was put across by Frederick Turner. ”. It identified aspects of social progress that resulted in economic success of a country. Social progress was to be achieved through trade, ranching, intensive farming and agriculture. Most of the named aspects directly relate to land utilization. The second theory “Environmental Determinism was formulated by Walter Webb. It stated that the natural environment was the primary determinant on how most regions would be settled in the future. Thus, most people sought to take up land in the west permanently. Patricia Nelson formulated the third major theory known as “Possibilism”. It stated that the society has to make ethical choices regarding on growth development and the environment.
The United States was made up by acquiring several pieces of land. Each land was purchased at a different price. The following acquisitions were made by the United States government; Louisiana …show more content…
The homestead act of 1862 saw every male in the society owing close to 160 acres of land. The land could only be sold later after six months after the family had ploughed it. The second act was the Desert Act of 1877 that saw massive irrigation of farms increase the produce. The third act was the Timber Culture Act that saw more trees being planted for the sole purpose of increasing the amount of rainfall.
People believed that once they started irrigating and planting trees, rain would soon start falling, and their harvest would be great. The trees planted during this time did not even survive the first season. The second myth revolves around acquiring gold and other minerals of the mineral lands. As discovered later, there were very few deposits of minerals in these