Gold
Renewed contact with the West brought change to Japanese society. The "Meiji restoration" of 1868 initiated many reforms.
People from the West Indies.
There was more room and the ground was more fertile
More Money More Land More Businesses
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stagecoaches
Renewed contact with the West brought change to Japanese society. The "Meiji restoration" of 1868 initiated many reforms.
Not sure about early 1800's (besides expanding land being desirable), but in the mid 1800's, the California Gold Rush attracted tons of people to the West.
By putting colored people there!
Gold and farmland.
It was miserable.
Cheap land and a new life.
Gold
riding on a horse or buggie (i think)
Californios, mountain men, missionaries