CBSE Class 9 Answered

Many people from Europe came to America in the early eighteenth century as the land provided them with immense opportunities of growth and development. After the American War of Independence, the white settlers began to move westwards in search of suitable lands for cultivation. By 1780, the white settlers were confined to only a small strip of coastal land in the east. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, the white settlers began to move westwards. They displaced the native communities and brought many pieces of agricultural lands under cultivation. At this time, the white settlers began cultivating lands around the Appalachian plateau. After 1800, the American government further pushed the Native Americans westwards beyond the river Mississippi. The land in the Mississippi Valley was occupied by the white Americans and large lands were cleared for cultivating crops such as wheat and corn.