Because then they could claim some of that land as their own, and make a living out of it.
Because then they could claim some of that land as their own, and make a living out of it.
White settlers wanted their land.
They want rainforest land to farm.
they want land
Manifest Destiny.
American settlers did not want to obey the laws. American settlers wanted slavery.
Greed / Riches / Money. If I were to offer you free farm land (if you're a farmer) would you want it? How about a free gold mine? How about a huge forest (if you're a lumberjack)?
The US settlers were seeking undeveloped land in the southwest, and the Mexican governments originally encouraged settlers as a means to increase the area's population. Mexico eventually realized that the new settlers did not want to be subject to Mexican authority. the Spanish and Mexican governments invited U.S. settlers to move there to increase the province's population.
Settlers at the time did not want to move out west into uncharted territories. Many had families and the conditions and unfarmable, for the most part, land where not things they wanted to take on.
For better livings and jobs. most was looking for gold
Fertile land
Because they wanted to grow things like tobacco and food.