他们通过宅地法案获得了这片土地，并在那里耕种了五年。

They ___homesteaded this land under the Homestead Act and farmed it for five years.

他们决定在蒙大拿州开拓一片土地，过着自给自足的农场生活。

They decided to ___homestead in Montana, living a self-sufficient farm life.