Many Americans decided it was their god given right to expand west, and anyone who controlled the west, namely the Native Americans and the Mexicans, were standing in the way of progress itself. Many expanded west searching for a new beginning out west, looking to participate in the gold rush and become farmers and trappers.
<h3><u>A person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly. This saying is a line from the play King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, by William Shakespeare.</u></h3>