Linking Verbs. Linking Verbs are verbs that express a state of being. They are called linking verbs because they link the subject of the sentence to a word or phrase in the predicate that renames or describes the subject (tells us more about the subject's state of being). Examples of Linking Verbs:
Dawes Act of 1887 An 1887 law terminating tribal ownership of land and allotting some parcels of land to individual Indians with the remainder of the land left open for white settlement. It included provisions for Indian education and eventual citizenship.
Dawes Severalty Act The Dawes Severalty Act was made by the congress in 1887 which also authorized the president of the United States of America to survey the American Indian tribal land so he could divide it into allotments for some individual Indians. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and was...