When settlers first arrived in America they were hoping to migrate in search of freedom of religion, which they very well had. One could even say that these settlers were the impecunious in the beginning, but as time went on, the average poor white settler hoped to gain affluence through expansion as they also fought to gain rights equal to the rich. Whether, the struggle includes taxes, creating a new system of gov’t, or having a whole country willing to expand westward, the poor white settlers of America have always ended up gaining something from these historic events.
