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Settlers expanded west to increase size of the country and to let more people immigrate to The United States.
ANS 2 - The majority of the settlers moved west to get their own farmlands
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe reason settlers moved west was to start businesses and explore the lands. Also to start new families and double the size of the United States. Most importantly, to spread the technology like railroads and telegraphs around.
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∙ 14y agoTo strike rich finding gold or to find a better life for them and their family.
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∙ 6y agoManifest Destiny; land ownership; agricultural lands; and much later, for the gold rush.
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∙ 13y agoSettlers headed west because of the beaver fur and the fertile soil.
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What is the effect of the English settlers wanted more land to build towns and farms They began moving west?
The Proclamation of 1763 was made so no settlers could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
The first settlements in New Jersey were made by the?
dutch west India company and by Swedish settlers
What happened to the west after the white settlers came?
The west was peaceful before the white settlers came. The Indians hunted for food and lived off of the land.
What problems did native Americans face as settlers moved west?
new settlers, herds moving, [e.c.t]
Who were the overlanders who used the trail to migrate west?
Settlers. ;)
Why did so many settlers head west despite the hardships involved?
Many settlers headed West because they were in search of good farm land. This is because the plains were considered too dry to support settlement.
What was the west offering the new settlers?
the west was offering land to the settlers
Why the settlers move to the west?
Settlers thought and overheard that there was gold over on the west
What are the push and pull factors that lead to the settlers to move out west?
that the slaves worked in the south so that made the settlers move more into the west they pushed the slaves in the south and pulled the settlers back to the west
What route did most settlers take west of the Appalachian mountains?
what route did the settlers take going west of the appalachian mountains
What is the effect of the English settlers wanted more land to build towns and farms They began moving west?
The Proclamation of 1763 was made so no settlers could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Things that made early settlers move west?
The things that made settlers move to the west was gold.ANS 2 - I'm not American, but my view of history was that most settlers moved west to claim their own farmland in the new territories.
How did guns get to the west?
Most guns where marketed to the west to be used by settlers.
Why did settlers begin to move west of the Appalachian mountains and what route did most settlers?
i dont
As settlers moved west what happened to the area called middle ground?
As the settlers pushed back the indians, the "middle gound" also moved west.
The first settlements in New Jersey were made by the?
dutch west India company and by Swedish settlers
What happened to the west after the white settlers came?
The west was peaceful before the white settlers came. The Indians hunted for food and lived off of the land.
