Answer: C. was a method used by the state government to distribute public land to settlers
Step-by-step explanation:
The Headright system was used by the Government of some of the original colonies to allocate land to people. It gave land to men who would agree to work on the land and on average was about 50 acres of land.
The Land Lottery of 1805 was another method of distributing land, this time by the Georgia state government. It involved putting up land stolen from Native Americans for lottery and men could sign up to be awarded some of it.