After the Revolutionary War, the distribution of Government lands had some arguments of land measurement and price. The ways to resolve them were a little arbitrary at the early time. In the Land Ordinance of 1785 the government used the practical ways to sell the land to people. Then the government could get the revenue and encourage people to develop the land by themselves. Along with the time, the government implemented the different ways to help people get the land. In the mid of 1800s, the most people began to develop the economy by growing crops on the land. In order to earn much money, they tried their best to expand the land. Particularly the plantations of the South, they used to slaves to work on the land. In 1862, the Homestead Act was passed and signed into law, and then people in America could get and use the land easily as long as they filed the claim. During the process of developing the land, there were a lot of challenges around the people such as Wind, blizzards, and plagues of insects threatened crops. If they wanted to get the land, they must overcome the difficulties. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman and 417 others filed claims to get the land.
