How did settlers settle in the west?

Answer 1

People of European descent began settling in California, which is part of the western US, in the mid-1700s. They found other people (the native Americans) who had settled there thousands of years before that.

Settlers from Spanish territory began moving into the southern portions of the western US from Louisiana and from Mexico in the late 1700s.

People of European descent began settling the western US from the newley formed United States in the very early 1800s, after the US bought Louisiana from the French, who had earlier received it from Spain.

that settlement continued through the so-called "closing of the frontier" in the late 1800s and to today.

Answer 2

Settlers in the West, particularly in the United States, utilized various means to settle in the West. They often traveled by covered wagon along trails such as the Oregon Trail or the Santa Fe Trail. Once they reached their destination, they would typically stake a claim on unsettled land through homesteading or purchasing land from the government or previous landowners.