Robert Morgan There Is No True History Of Westward Expansion

Robert Morgan, Author of “There is No True History of the Westward Expansion” gives his points of what his beliefs on what Westward Expansion were. Morgan talks about what his view of Westward Expansion was, by using many other peoples perspectives. Morgan presents two main points in his literature: First being that history is not made up of just a few heroes and villains, and second that average citizens were responsible for Westward Expansion.
I agree with one of Morgan's views, however, I do not agree with his other view. The first point that Morgan presents is that history is not made up of just a few heros and villains. I personally do agree with this statement for a few reasons. One, being that there were more than a few “Heros” of westward expansion. There were a insane amount of people that were “Heroes” of westward expansion. Lewis, Clark, Jefferson. The list goes on and on, but these three men were most responsible from the great leaps and bounds of

Morgans second point he shows is that average citizens were responsible for Westward Expansion. This relates back to the other point by saying that the American people were not the only ones who were responsible for westward expansion. In the Book “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen Ambrose, there are two chapters in his book that give the reader an idea of exactly who were the responsible ones of Westward Expansion.. In the fourth chapter titled, “Thomas Jefferson's America” it talks about what Jefferson wanted for America. The chapter talks about how with no means of transportation to the west, Jefferson needs to finds a means of how to make it to the west. So there is one way a not so average person helped with westward expansion. In the thirty-third chapter titled ”Reporting to Jefferson” it talks about not only Jefferson yet again, but it talks about Lewis and CLark and how their expedition inspired others to move forward , and discover even more of the