Question

Following the end of the American Revolution, Georgia distributed land to veterans of the war under

A
the Yazoo Act.

B
the headright system.

C
the Homestead Act.

D
the land lottery system.

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Georgia began actively using a headright system following the Revolutionary war. Under this system, the Georgia General Assembly issued patents that gave the “right” to land to the “head” of the household, hence the name headright. Initially, it was mainly veterans who had fought in the war who could claim a right to the land.

Answer 2

The correct option is;

D. Land lottery system

Step-by-step explanation:

The land claimed by Georgia after the American Revolution was vast and had a reach of up to the Mississippi River and it was believed by the Veterans of the Revolutionary War and others involved, that the citizens should own the land

In order to ensure that the the citizens settled on the land, the land was given away in tracts of acres of land using the Land Lottery System was used where they held a drawing and individuals selected piece of papers from a box, some had numbers and some were left blank. A person that selected a paper that was blank did not receive a land at that draw while those that drew a paper that carried a number became the owner of the lot having that number.