General Preemption Act of 1841
Definition
A federal law that permitted settlers who made improvements to vacant federal land to obtain priority to purchase up to 160 acres of that land from the federal government.
A federal law that permitted settlers who made improvements to vacant federal land to obtain priority to purchase up to 160 acres of that land from the federal government.
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