Describe at least three key factors in the settlement/development of the American West.
Why can it be argued that for much of its development, the U.S. West was a “colonized” region within the “empire” of the United States?
What social, political, economic, or other factors play into this definition?

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Three key factors in the settlementdevelopment of the American West Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion The belief in Manifest Destiny the idea that it was Americas destiny to expand across the co... View the full answer