Trails West Thousands of Settlers followed trails through

Trails West Thousands of Settlers followed trails through the West to gain land a chance to make a fortune

Key Vocabulary and Key People Key Terms Ø Mountain Man Ø Land Speculator Key People Ø Jedediah Smith Ø Jim Beckwourth Ø Santa Fe Trail Ø Brigham Young Ø Oregon Trail Ø Mormon

Furtune 500 Ø As the East increased their demand for fur Mountain Men like Jedediah Smith and Jim Beckwourth tried to meet the demand Ø Smith and Beckwourth would trap animals in the far west and sell them for profit Ø William Henry Ashley established trade sites for trappers to trade fur for money increasing trade Ø Fur Trade would prosper until the silk trade replaced fur trading

You take the High Road and I’ll take the Low Road Ø As the fur trade increased animals died out exploration of the west increased Ø The explorations provided information leading pioneers west along new trails Ø Jedediah Smith discovered the South Path through the Rockies to make the route west easier to navigate

Lets Make a Deal Ø Most People began to move west to make money with new land Ø Land Speculators would buy large sections of the Louisiana Territory and sell it off in small plots of land for profit Ø As Land was sold and people moved west, merchants also moved west to sell goods to the new settlers

Unhappy Trails Ø After Mexico gained independence from Spain the Santa Fe Trail led traders from Missouri to New Mexico to make a profit Ø The lure of new riches in New Mexico led more traders to the desert region Ø While traders found the trail through the desert brutal, the chance for profit made the journey worth while Ø The Journey from Missouri to New Mexico would bring huge profits to settlers each year

Oregon…. they should have called it Piano-ville Ø While hundreds of settlers travelled to New Mexico, hundreds more used the Oregon trail to settle into Oregon Ø As Missionaries sent home reports of the rich Oregon Territory, settlers flocked to Oregon in hopes of becoming wealthy Ø Thousands of settlers would begin moving to oregon each year

More Unhappy Trails Again Ø The Trail West could be full of Hardships and Fortune Ø Survival often depended on cooperation so wagon Trains were often formed Ø Settlers along the trails west faced sickness, fever, and death on the road west

An Olympic Movement Ø While some people moved west to find wealth others, like the Mormons, moved west for religious freedom Ø Founded by Joseph Smith, the Mormons were seen as immoral to eastern Christians Ø After Smith was killed Brigham Young moved the Mormons to Utah to find peace Ø The Mormons would work together to make the desert land of Utah fertile and livable

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