THEME 1: Early exploration and settlement / The first Americans 2 Impulses to European exploration Early explorers 4 Early English explorers and settlements THEME 2: Colonial British North America…
Jedediah Smith's explorations were significant in opening the American West and included several "firsts,” such as being the first white man to cross what would become the states of Utah and Nevada, the first to enter California by the overland route, the first to scale the High Sierras, and the first explorer to reach Oregon overland by traveling up the California…
2)Thomas Jefferson hoped that Lewis and Clark would find a water in Columbiai and Missouri rivers. These water rivers would be part of the Pacific Ocean with the Mississippi River system.As this result happens the giving land called new western land has access to port markets out of the Gulf of Mexico and to easternmost cities along the Ohio River and its minor tributaries. At the time, both American and European explorers had gone through of what would become each end of the Lewis and Clark Trail up the Missouri. A lilting bit of miles to the trapper headquarters at Fort Mandan and up the Columbia just a bit over a hundred…
The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America 2. How did over landers move west? Oregon Trail 3. Explain the reasons that motivated people to move west. • Indian Removal Act • Homestead Act • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Mining Frontier • Farming Frontier • Manifest Destiny • Tech advancements • Mormon migration • East conditions of life • California Gold Rush • Age of Gold • Cumberland Road • Transcontinental telegraph system…
America’s acquisition of the West took huge strides during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A major move in American history towards this innuendo was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, under Thomas Jefferson. It was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the United States acquired more than 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Another major factor was the result of the Mexican-American War in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe. It was a peace treaty that granted the United States with the territories of present day Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and most importantly California. These large acquisitions, combined with the ideas of Manifest Destiny and a growing population led to desire of Westward Expansion.…
The first travels of the Oregon Trail, that led to its establishment, came from a missionary named Marcus Whitman (Hulbert, 1936). Whitman had tried to apply for many exploration missions before, but had always been denied travel. It wasn’t…
The Shadow Throne, by Jennifer A. Nielsen, is the third and final book in the Ascendance trilogy. It is an action and adventure fantasy story about a young King. The story mainly takes place in a country called Carthya, in the middle ages when Kings and Queens ruled the land. King Jargon has many adventures while trying to protect his country, his people, and his friends in the fight for Carthya’s future.…
1. Why did people push west? There are many reasons the pushed people to head west. The fist reason was that the land was rare in the east, especially in New England were it became overpopulated.…
area. They explored on trails like the Oregon trail for example, this trail took them almost directly to Oregon. This trail was one of the most used trails that were used to travel westward, because of this many towns and villages were planted in different places al around the trail. So, by the time the people had reached the pacific coast, there was already lots and lots towns all around the northern U.S., and other roads to get west from the east coast. Because this was so much of a “boom” of exploration and colonization Thomas Jefferson being the president at that time was pleased. he was so pleases that he even helped the people explored…
Why did the Native Americans live in the West? During the 1800’s, the American Government treated the Native Americans unfairly. Whenever the white men wanted the Natives land, they would just push them farther into the West. If the Indians protested against the government or the white men, they were brutally punished, therefore, they had no choice but to live on the land west of the Mississippi river.…
I believe that the risks the American West posed to those who were brave enough to venture out to the American West were worth it. I also believe that I would have moved to the West despite the dangers and corruption happening at the time for two reasons. Number one and most important reason were the economic opportunities. Many immigrants chose the West because of the hope for economic prosperity. Chinese immigrants for example, having heard of the California Gold rush hoped that they would be able to accumulate wealth and return to China. But soon they discovered their labor was a source of steady income and many stayed working as miners and laborers for the railroad corporations. At the…
During the mid 1800s the United States had one main goal, that goal is commonly referred to as Manifest Destiny. This means that the United states wanted to stretch from ocean to ocean. With this goal came to inventions like the telegraph and the railroad, and with these inventions came the Westward Expansion. Although Manifest Destiny benefited the United States, it harmed the Native Americans. Due to Manifest Destiny and the Westward expansion, the Native Americans were stripped of their land and culture.…
After crossing the Rocky Mountains, the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in the area of present-day Oregon in November 1805. They returned in 1806, bringing with them an immense amount of information about the region as well as numerous plant and animal specimens. Reports about geography, plant and animal life, and Indian cultures appeared all over the states local newspapers. Although Lewis and Clark failed to find a commercial route to Asia, they demonstrated the possibility of overland travel to the Pacific coast. They found Native Americans in the trans-Mississippi West accustomed to dealing with European traders and already connected to global markets. The success of their journey helped to strengthen the idea that United States territory was destined to expand its territories all the way to the Pacific coastline. The importance of the well-planned, well-executed expedition was crucial. Although it was not the first transcontinental crossing in the north, it still opened large new territories to the United States. The expedition's influence on the history of the West is immeasurable and…
1.1840,occupied all land east of Miss.R.&statehoods(except FL&WI)-majority lived w.-Market revol. Transportation&commerce induced expansion-source of national pride that seek for further expansion-established several frontiers-A. Took several century to understand the geography.…
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