Territorial Ezpansion of the Us

The thirteen states were recognized by the British in 1783, so they became existing political entities. Before the war between France and Britain the Avalanches and the Mississippi river were part of British positions, but that changed after the 13 states, colonies didn’t have rights to those lands any more. But after treaties they did so they expanded their territories. The Mississippi river was a very difficult area to live in because of deserts and forests, nearby were the Rocky Mountains.

New immigrants came to those lands, population in the US in 1800 was 7 million, in 1820 9 million; in 1830 12 million; in 1840 17 million; in 1850 31 million; and in 1870 40 million.

We have to refer to immigration which is the basic element in the increasing population. There were very different ethnic groups, before were only British settlements, later Irish, Scandinavians, Germans, Swedish, and from North Europe. After 1850 some Chinese came increasing more the population. This type of immigration stopped in the other half of the century in Germany because their economic situation improved a lot, they now had the means to live in good conditions.

The publicity for the people to come was made by the development of the Railroad company who received land from different states and the federal government, they had the right to sell land they received, they made publicity in Europe that in the US salaries were better, because situation was better at that time compared to Germany, companies of colonies did not exist anymore. Salaries in 1829 were $1 plus bond, and in the country side $7-$15 per month. They received food so they could save some money at the end of the year, so they could buy land if they saved money considering the price of land in Europe. They could have never afforded to buy land someplace else so this was a great benefit. There was a farmers and immigrant handbook published in 1845 with practical information for those who were coping with that in the US,...