The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.
No, the settlers could have not been interested in the political events in the east because they had many issues and problems to resolve as the pioneers they were, trying to settle in those new and unknown lands.
Pioneer Daniel Boone helped opened a new portion of land for settlement purposes through the Cumberland Gap in the Northwest Territory.
Daniel Boone(1734-1820) was an explorer from Pennsylvania that took some settlers to those territories in the Northwest, although he had the rejection of the Cherokee tribes of the region.
So, if your army consists of untrained and unskilled volunteers - the only chance you have is winning in numbers. However, sometimes even that isn't enough. If you don't have strong, well built, and skilled warriors to defend your nation - an attack could leave you vulnerable to a collapse.
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This is because the main reason that led to the rise of nativism in the 1920's was the increase of immigrants into the USA. The most feared of these immigrants were the German.
