Donation Land Claim Act (1850)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Office_of_the_Surveyor_General_of_Oregon
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:present-day_Idaho gptkb:present-day_Oregon present-day Washington present-day parts of Wyoming
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Donation_Land_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Oregon_Territory
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:9_Stat._496
gptkbp:dateEnacted	September 27, 1850
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	dispossession of Native American lands encouraged settlement of Pacific Northwest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Donation Land Claim Act (1850)
gptkbp:landGrant	white settlers 320 acres for single white male citizens 640 acres for married couples American half-breed Indians
gptkbp:purpose	to promote homestead settlement in Oregon Territory
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Oregon_Trail gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress December 1, 1855
gptkbp:requiredCultivation	4 years
gptkbp:requiredResidence	4 years
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Oregon_Territory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4