After two wars with Br., US economy sucks.
Second Bank of the United States
Common currency
Regulate taxes
National debt
Cotton creates need for textiles
Want to keep textiles in US
Able to sell goods abroad
Protective tarriff
Tax on English textile goods to protect American textile goods
Government funded roads
Steamboats important for transportation westward
Madison vetoed internal improvements
Reasons for westward expansion
Sense of adventure
Opportunity to make money
People who would afford to leave East coast were European/German
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