The railroad was spread out all over the U.S. in order to build this railroad they had to clear all of the buffalo out of the way of the path, so the white people started to kill the buffalo. Without the buffalo the indians would die. In the 1800’s , the Plains Indians moved westward to allow them to make a better living and have a good life on the frontier because of the Homestead Act. The homestead Acts were several U.S. laws that gave the citizens ownership of land.
In the 1840s, travelers had to eat dead horses and mules that died of exhaustion while pulling wagons. In modern day, people can stop at a restaurant for food along the way. In present time, people also have hotels to sleep in and to bathe in while traveling, but people traveling to Oregon had to sleep outside on the ground and had to bathe in
The very first sentence of the chapter makes me believe that the setting is obviously in Oklahoma and a little while after the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. It makes me believe that because of the way that the narrator writes and him/her calling it “the red country and part of the gray country,” which is referencing the red, white, and gray sand often associated with the state. Later on in the first page, the narrator begins to describe a drought taking place. Perhaps the drought will last a long time and lead to the narrator and his/her family moving somewhere more viable. On the second page, the narrator describes “wheels” milling the ground, which leads me to believe that he/she lives
The First Fleet is known today as the first eleven ships that carried the convicts that are now recognised as the Founders of Australia. (Hill, 2008.) In 1787, 1500 criminals were shipped off to the land of Australia found by Captain James Cook, from Portsmouth, England. The voyage was nearly 20,900 kilometres and it took 252 days. The European settlers, had a significant impact on the land and people of Australia, including the introduction of disease, convict labour, and malnutrition.
The Jamestown settlement was one of the harshest experiences for many of the people on that voyage and it was led by Bartholomew Gosnold. If one family member owned a big section of land the family would often fight over the claim on the land. The settlers lost all of their clean water supply and that caused them to have to drink salt water that carried diseases and illness. Many settlers could not handle the harsh weather. They did not know how to dress for the weather and could not find food.
The Challenges Daniel Boone Faced When Beginning the Westward Expansion The constant arrival of new immigrants to the American colonies found the new world becoming increasingly crowded, Daniel Boone took it upon himself to expand our nation westward. Challenges of crowded colonies sent Daniel Boone into the unexplored wilderness for the peace of nature he desired.
Hardships of the Westward Expansion and the Dangers for the Pioneers In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson began the westward expansion with the Louisiana Purchase. This action practically doubled the size of the nation. Thomas Jefferson thought that westward expansion was “the key to our nation’s health.” In 1843 a huge westward migration started, the people who made the long journey west were called ‘pioneers.’
What are some of the hardships Americans in the early 1800s faced when traveling? One hardship they faced was having their entire food supply exhausted. Most of the families had to kill their oxen for food and leave their wagons, which resulted in the travelers walking on foot. Unfortunately, a lot of the people ended up dying of starvation anyway. Another hardship they faced was not being able to bury those that had died in coffins.
The trail went through many states, including Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Kansas, and mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas. The pioneers also passed many milestones, including Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock, and Soda Springs. Even though the travelers faced dangers, such as Indian attack,
In conclusion, the westward expansion was one of the most important times in American history but one of the hardest for those who made the journey. The settlers had to go through a lot of hardships to get a new life in the west. The Gold Rush helped bring people to the west and populate California so it became a state. People such as Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark helped explore the new terrain and make maps so people could live there. Even though the pioneers got diseases, had conflicts with the Native Americans, and had to travel for long periods of time in a ship or covered wagon, they never gave up hope.
They’d travel in their wagons. Pioneers would risk their lives traveling to another place for a better life.
During westward expansion the government wanted, ( as well as many other Americans did,) to move west. To make capitalism spread west they passed the Homestead Act . “...The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land…” (Mr. Lintner September 11th). Then they had to live on that land for 5 years.
According to an Oregon population graph which showed the population of Native Americans and non-Indians, the Native American population dropped drastically between the years 1805 and 1841, while the non-Indian population increased greatly between the years 1841 and 1870. The vast amount of Americans moving Westward resulted in many Native Americans dying. An extensive part of Native American deaths were a result of the new diseases that Americans brought while traveling through American Indian territory. Due to the fact that many of the Native Americans had never experienced these
The roles of each family member widely varied. Fathers, children, and spouses had their own duties that no one else could fulfill. The mothers would stay around the house and tend to the home needs. They made candles so the family would have light; they also had to clean day to day because of the dust from the open fires. Fortunately for the rest of the family, the mothers knew how to spin, weave, and sew so
So during this time you would move to the north for a better everything such as job opportunity and a new view of the world”. After my mother said that I couldn’t help to think of us moving to Arizona for basically the same reason. “How did they get there like what was their transportation?” I ask. “They traveled via train but most people traveled in buses back then.”
