GIGLIOTTI WESTWARD EXPANSION PART I: THINKING WEST! PRESENTS: A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR WESTWARD EXPANSION PART I: THINKING WEST!
THINKING WEST “EUROPE STRETCHES TO THE ALLEGHENIES, AMERICA LIVES BEYOND” (EMERSON) “IN AMERICA, THERE IS MORE SPACE WHERE NOBODY IS THAN WHERE SOMEBODY IS” (STIEN)
THE WEST
MAP REVIEW 13 COLONIES TREATY OF PARIS (1783) LOUISIANA PURCHASE (1803) FLORIDA (1819) OTHERS
BY 1850 – MOST PEOPLE IN THE WEST ABOUT THE FRONTIER AMERICANS WERE RESTLESS PIONEERS – ROUGH EXISTANCE BY 1850 – MOST PEOPLE IN THE WEST WERE UNDER 30 YEARS OLD INDIVIDUALISM & SELF SUFFICIENCY OTHER FACTS
METHODS OF TRAVEL WAGON TRAILS 1-2 MILES PER HOUR 5-7 MONTHS $600/4 DANGEROUS
METHODS OF TRAVEL CLIPPER SHIPS 5-6 MONTHS $600 PER PERSON
WHY GO WEST? 1. LAND FOR FARMING 2. MINERALS 3. COMMERCE 4. LAND SPECULATION 5. RELIGION (MORMONS)
THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY OVER THE MANIFEST DESTINY THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY OVER THE CONTINENT - MISSION