Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Early Settlement of the West.
An 1841 law that allowed pioneers who had already settled on land to buy up to 160 acres at a low price before it was offered for public auction.
Preemption Act of 1841 appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Early Settlement of the West and Migration and Early Settlement.
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