original 13 states and the Northwest Territory was acquired. The open land,

additional benefits and other existing problems encouraged Americans to

expand westward. The American people began to realize that the future of

the country lay in the development of its own western resources. There were

many reasons that made the people face the grueling and dangerous movement

west, but the primary reason was economy.

"Like the Spanish conquistadors before them, the Americans looked beyond

the Mississippi, they saw an open beckoning. Despite the presence of

hundreds of Indian nations with rich and distinct cultures, who had populated

the land for thousands of years-from the desert of the Southwest and the

grassy prairies of the Great Plains to the high valleys of the Rocky

Mountains and the salty beaches of the Paci

of English origin, New England contrasted very much with the other sections.

Farmers moved into towns, and their daughters began to work in mills.

gave to New England about twenty percent, nine-tenths of which were from

flour in large quantities from other sections. The raising of cattle and

European wars. "Of the exports of the United States in 1820, the statistics

group, be excluded, the increase of the whole section was less that of the

Some topics in this essay:
Ohio Maine, Northwest Territory, Agriculture England, West Herb, Leuetenburg Wishy, Ohio River, York Jersey, Pacific Coast-Americans, Territory California, Louisiana Purchase, cattle sheep,