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3. (as provided by the federal Homestead Act of 1862) an area of public land in the West (usually 160 acres) granted to any US citizen willing to settle on and farm the land for at least five years.
4. the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals.
7. making changes in something in order to improve it
8. Government interim government set up when no government has yet been established
9. territory in British North America consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin
13. violent, five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by Métis
14. compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
15. Canadian politician and leader of the Metis
16. a person who supports or practices imperialism.
19. an indigenous American Indian community

1. international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions.
2. force (someone) to serve in an army or navy.
5. any of various documents used as evidence
6. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
10. the process of making an area more urban
11. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
12. tracts of land in Upper Canada and Lower Canada reserved for the support of "Protestant clergy" by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
16. the process by which people migrate to reside in a country.
17. the action of forbidding something, especially by law.
18. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.