WHAT MADE THE AMERICANS EXPAND

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and connected it
with the real world. Puritanism was still very strong in the north so the
moral unity of New England was exceptional. Having a very unmixed population
of English origin, New England contrasted very much with the other sections.
All this and the fact that they needed to cross populated states in order to
expand west set this section part from the others (Leuetenburg and Wishy 37).
New England's population compared to other regions was poor, and the
population growth was even poorer. The trans-Alleghany States by 1820 had a
population of about 2.25 million, while New England had over 1.5 million.
Ten years later, western states had over 3.5 million with the people
northwest of the Ohio River alone numbering 1.5 million.
"In 1820 the total population of New England was about to equal to the
combined population of New York and New Jersey; but its increase between 1820
and 1830 was hardly three hundred thousand, not much over half that of New ...

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The raising of cattle and
sheep increased as grain cultivation declined"(Turner 46). With the cattle
and sheep raising becoming more popular, it encouraged emigration from New
England because it decreased the number of small farms. "By the sale of
their lands to wealthier neighbors, the New England farmers were able to go
west with money to invest"(Turner 15).
The Middle Region, which included New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey,
was a transition zone. It connected the north along with the south and the
east with the west. "Geographically, they (the states) lay on the line of
natural routes between the Atlantic on the one side, and the Ohio and the
Great Lakes on ...

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