Sunday, November 25, 2007

Westward Expansion 10/23/07

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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