MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Removing Native American nations on behalf of the United States government.
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Trapping beaver to profit from the sale of valuable fur pelts.
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Searching for a Northwest Passage-a water route through the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.
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Collecting specimens of new species of plants and animals for President Jefferson.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Mountain Men” was the name given to trappers who were lured west by the profits of the fur trade . They moved into Oregon Country, the huge, barely chart-ed area beyond the Rockies, where the forests and mountains were home to beaver and other fur-bearing animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hoping to cash in on consumer demand, trappers headed to the mountains and streams of the West. These mountain men provided the United States with a source of commerce as they connected the young republic to the lucrative international fur trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -mountain man, any of the pioneers of the North American Rocky Mountain West who went to that region first as fur trappers. Attracted by the beaver in virgin streams, the trappers became the explorers of the Far West. The most experienced trappers were the French, who were joined by American and Spanish fur traders.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous was an annual rendezvous, held between 1825 to 1840 at various locations, organized by a fur trading company at which trappers and mountain men sold their furs and hides and replenished their supplies.