the British and the French fight in colonial America in the late 1700s. The main character‚ Hawkeye‚ was a white man adopted at a very young age by a Mohican Native American. Hawkeye‚ along with his adopted Native American father and brother‚ were travelling one day when they found tracks of a Huron tribe War Party‚ which were native Americans that they opposed. They followed the tracks to find the Huron war Party attacking a small British fleet. They managed to kill the remaining Huron people and
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in 1800s were not justified to move west .By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. The move westward was not justified and was forcing people out their homes and they were getting killed. Westward expansion supported the US and was not fair to the nearby places. Us gained much
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spirit of exploration in American is an undying passion. We continue to push the boundaries of what is possible‚ from the puritans settling in Massachusetts to the Kennedy administration landing on the moon. The people who explored the continent in the 1660s were the original explorers‚ they pushed the boundaries of the world and their kin would continue that trend. The spirit of exploration and stretching the boundaries of what is possible. is a cornerstone of the American values since the pilgrims
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who lived through the times as well as the leaders. Though‚ without the people making decisions for them‚ the government and “Heroes” of the time would have been nothing more than a small catalyst for Westward Expansion. Realistically‚ major characters and people throughout the Westward Expansion only made little to no difference. Besides Lewis and Clark‚ who explored a large portion of America’s new land‚ everyone else just sat in an office waiting for things to
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The most underrated factor of westward expansion would have to be the railroad. Many would think of the most important factor as the gold rush of 1848‚ but before mass droves of people could move westward‚ an easier way of traveling had to be constructed and railroads were the answer. Before railways‚ the Oregon Trail lead people from major cities like Independence‚ Missouri to Oregon City or Sacramento in Oregon and California. This ‘train’ of sorts moved as low as 350‚000 people across America
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Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier‚ by Ray Allen Billington‚ with the collaboration of James Blaine Hedges (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company‚ 1949‚ Fourth Edition‚ 1974‚ 840 pp.‚ maps‚ tables‚ bibliography‚ index.) As the preface to the first edition states‚ Westward Expansion attempts to follow the pattern that Frederick Jackson Turner might have used had he ever compressed his researches on the American frontier within one volume. Dr. Billington makes no pretense
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The economic and social differences highlighted by westward expansion led to the creation of two complete different sections of America‚ the North and the South. Yes‚ the North and South were already created; however‚ the economic and social changes‚ which became more clear through westward expansion‚ led them to growing farther apart and the two sides having a political conflict between each other’s ideas for the future of America. Westward expansion led to the North and South having to try and come
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Expansion Without Religion Religion played a huge role in westward expansion‚ but without the colonists’ theological roots‚ expansion most likely would have remained the primary goal for immigrants‚ as this was still a period of abundance‚ and the fact that the immigrants adapted their theology to justify their murderous actions means that they probably would have just found another way to condone their ways. Religion played a very important part in developing the United States into what it has
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dependent on their husbands. Many people viewed women as domestic workers caring for their husband and children. Men were supposed to go out and do physical labor all day to provide for their family. During the 1840 to the late 1860s‚ an era of westward expansion took place in the United States. Many families wanted to go west because there were unclaimed land in Oregon. Many families packed their belongings on a covered wagon and followed the dangerous routes and trails to the west. Despite the dangerous
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In 1846‚ a war was waged to seize land from Mexico. America’s desire was to expand our boundaries from Texas to California. America wanted this westward expansion as a necessity since America population was increasing. Americans felt like this was their destiny. America gained 500‚000 square miles of new land including Texas and Mexican territories. Since gaining so much new land‚ it complicated its politics on slavery issues. The presidential election of 1848 was defined by the slavery issues.
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