WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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A meeting of military divisions where they would trade each other for supplies
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A back-country market where mountain men, Indians and settlers would trade and get supplies for the next year
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A secret meeting of members of the Mormon religion to discuss excommunicating sinners
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A meeting between Indian tribes and Mexico in an effort to unite forces against white settlers taking Texas
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Detailed explanation-1: -A rendezvous was a trading fair that usually lasted several days. It is a French word for an appointment or meeting place. Missouri trader Captain William Ashley held the first trappers’ rendezvous in 1825. Traders like Ashley brought trade goods–rifles, powder, traps, knives, tools, cloth, and beads–from St.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Every summer, the trappers would gather and trade their furs for tools, supplies, and luxuries at rendezvous. The rendezvous in general were pretty wild. Most were held in the valley of the Green River, in what’s now southwestern Wyoming, and lasted about two weeks.
Detailed explanation-4: -In North American history, a rendezvous was a larger meeting held typically once per year in the wilderness. All types included a major transfer of furs and goods to be traded for furs. Variations included a mix of other types of trading, business transactions, business meetings, and revelry.