How did the typical small family farmer use his land

Intensive subsistence farming

Explanation:

In intensive subsistence agriculture, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour. Farmers use their small land holdings to produce enough, for their local consumption, while remaining produce is used for exchange against other goods.

the committing of terrorist acts in the perpetrator's own country against their fellow citizens.

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”