How Did The United States Promote Westward Expansion
Dariana Zapata
November-18-2014
Expanding West
During the 1800s, the federal government promoted westward expansion in a variety of ways. This expansions changed the shape and character of the country. The United states first started with very small property back then they were call the 13 colonies which to begin with was not as strong as it is today, if anything it was a lot weaker and had little to rely on. Through time it was able to make it ways into gaining more territory. You may ask how they did they do this? since the president can’t actually buy land because it’s not for sale. To be honest and precise it wasn’t all easy for the United States to expand from its original 13 colonies to todays 50 states …show more content…
The united stated actually made 2 purchase; one of those purchase was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which was bought from the French. You may be wondering what where the negative effect of buying these territory? When the United States bought Louisiana it gain full accuses to the Mississippi river which was a good thing for exporting goods actually because so it increased trade. It also doubled its size which encourage the exploration of Louise and Clark, and as well more expansion toward the west. Here comes the negative part according to document 2 it says “and to which the Indian title has been extinguished [revoked], as he [the president] may judge necessary, to be divided into a subtitle number of district, for the receptions of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there”. The United States created the Indian removal act in which made Indians moved to the west in which many died and the Indian population decreased. The Indians didn’t have much and once the removal act was publish they lost all of that as well as their rights and were treated
November-18-2014
Expanding West
During the 1800s, the federal government promoted westward expansion in a variety of ways. This expansions changed the shape and character of the country. The United states first started with very small property back then they were call the 13 colonies which to begin with was not as strong as it is today, if anything it was a lot weaker and had little to rely on. Through time it was able to make it ways into gaining more territory. You may ask how they did they do this? since the president can’t actually buy land because it’s not for sale. To be honest and precise it wasn’t all easy for the United States to expand from its original 13 colonies to todays 50 states …show more content…
The united stated actually made 2 purchase; one of those purchase was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which was bought from the French. You may be wondering what where the negative effect of buying these territory? When the United States bought Louisiana it gain full accuses to the Mississippi river which was a good thing for exporting goods actually because so it increased trade. It also doubled its size which encourage the exploration of Louise and Clark, and as well more expansion toward the west. Here comes the negative part according to document 2 it says “and to which the Indian title has been extinguished [revoked], as he [the president] may judge necessary, to be divided into a subtitle number of district, for the receptions of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there”. The United States created the Indian removal act in which made Indians moved to the west in which many died and the Indian population decreased. The Indians didn’t have much and once the removal act was publish they lost all of that as well as their rights and were treated