Chapter 4: U.S. Expansion: Internal and External Colonization (1830s–1898)

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Chapter 4 U.S. Expansion: Internal and ExternalColonization (1830s–1898)
Westward Expansion
The U.S. War with Mexico
Hispanic and Anglo Relations
Imperialism and the Spanish–American War
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Abstract

Following its independence from Great Britain in 1783, the United States expanded westward toward the Pacific Coast. The growing number of immigrants to the East Coast of the United States through the 1800s fueled a movement to settle new areas of the West in pursuit of economic opportunities. Just as the Spanish displaced or subjugated indigenous peoples in their efforts to establish new colonies, the Westward expansion of the United States devastated Native Americans.

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