The Frontier in American History

acres advance agricultural Alleghanies American democracy American history Andrew Jackson Atlantic capital cities civilization coast colony Connecticut conquest constituted decade demands democ democratic dominant East eastern economic eighteenth century 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 Indian individual industrial influence interior internal improvements Jacksonian democracy Kansas Kentucky King Philip's War labor Lake leaders legislation Massachusetts 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 railroad Revolution river Scotch-Irish settled settlement settlers Shenandoah Valley significance slavery social society soil South Carolina Southern struggle tendency tion trade United Upland Upland South vast Virginia westward wilderness Wiscon Wisconsin