The Frontier in American History

acres advance agricultural Alleghanies Amer American democracy Andrew Jackson Atlantic capital cities civilization coast colony Connecticut conquest constituted decade demand democ democratic dominant East eastern economic element England Europe expansion fact fall line farm farmer forces forest free lands freedom French frontier towns frontiersmen furnished German grants ideals Illinois immigrants important increasing Indian individual industrial influence interests interior internal improvement Jackson Jacksonian democracy Kansas Kentucky King Philip's War labor Lake leaders legislation Massachusetts ment Middle Region Middle West migration Mississippi Valley Missouri mountains movement nation North northern numbers Ohio Valley Old Northwest Old West organization passed Pennsylvania period Piedmont Plains planters political population prairies proprietors province quit-rents racy railroad Revolution river Scotch-Irish seaboard settled settlement settlers significance slavery social society soil South Carolina Southern struggle tendencies tion trade United Upland South uplands vast Virginia westward wilderness Wisconsin