Pioneer settlers were sometimes pulled west<span> because they wanted to make a better living. Others received letters from friends or family members who had </span>moved west<span>. These letters often told about a good life on the frontier. The biggest factor that pulled </span>pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land. On their journeys which were thousands of miles, they encountered disease, treacherous roads and enemies.<span> Traveling rough roads in covered wagons often resulted in death from failed river crossings, accidents or Indian attacks.</span>
They worked there and couldn’t really work anywhere else bc that’s “all they were good at”
By 1812, Spain was added to Napoleon's Empire.
Hitler made a major mistake by making all military decisions by himself, without taking advice. His decision to invade the Soviet Union was a complete failure because Germany was not prepared and they had misjudged the Soviet Union’s defensive power.
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