The western frontier is full of many experiences that changed the frontier. Each significant event has an important role on the shaping of society and way it influenced a new nation. Each author brought a new perspective and thought process to the western experience which either contradicted Turner or supported his theories. The frontier ideas that interested me include topics such as trading frontier, farming frontier, nationality and government, and the neglecting of women. Frontiers shaped the west and how settlers approached it. Each different frontier had a different affect on people and the ways they lived life. The trading frontier created and established a good and bad relationship with the natives. The Norsemen, Vespuccius, Verraconi, Hudson, and John Smith all trafficked furs and other goods to Native Americans. They trafficked goods all the way from Maine to Georgia, which then led to the opening of river courses to trade farther in the continent. After …show more content…
The frontier promoted the formation of nationality. The frontiersmen included the whites, Scotch-Irish, Palatine Germans, and the Dutch. They had freed indented servants which was a small case of slavery to a certain extent. As the nationalism increase and the western movement moved on the dependence on England was on the decline "Turner p31". The main problem was the south was depended on England for supplies because they didn't have diversified supplies. The national government soon followed the movement into the west and played a bug role in the frontier activities. The Whig party was nationalized of the ideas and needs of the frontiers. Turner stated, "That the government must be both capitalist and a protégé," "Worster, p.99". Economic and social characteristics of the western frontier worked against sectionalism but the frontier also promoted democracy by being a product of