Western Expansion In The Late 1800s

During 1803 to 1853, the United States almost tripled in her size. In the early 1800s, the land located in the west part of the United States was not developed so much. Even before the American colonies won their independence from Britain in the Revolutionary War, settlers were migrating westward. Western area had many sufficient lands to live because President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French In 1803. Many considered it to be uncivilized and underdeveloped even though it was home to many native peoples and the settlers from France, Spain, Mexico and many other countries. When America became independent from the Great Britain, settlers from many other countries came to America. Western expansion contribute to growing sectional tensions between North and South. …show more content…
To manage and accept the overflowing settlers, the number of states largely increased. Government supported western expansion with a lot of money. To gain their profit, Government and the western land owners sold the land with high cost to settlers. Most of them were farmers. The famers knew that the lands were overpriced but they still bought them because they saw the potential of the lands to be farmed well. The panic of 1819which was the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United Statesstruck the America because the state bank system was collapsed. As a result, the price of crops and lads had fallen. Americans under President Andrew Jackson forced out natives to take the initiative of crop market in the west.Americans felt it was their duty to civilize it by bringing in roads, railroads and the telegram to sell their crops to fall