It was due to their rivalry with France. Texas is located between Mexico which was a
Spanish Colony and Louisiana which was colonized by the French. Texas was not yet colonized at the time but
Spain and Mexico realized that the area would be contested until a permanent
settlement was set up. The French tried
but failed but the Spanish moved to protect their claim to Texas.
What got people to move to the west were the great plains were, is because of the gold rush. The president showed a giant crowd of people a jar of water, sand, and gold nuggets. He told them this is what they would find if they moved to the west. And of course everyone went searching for gold.
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BECAUSE it is (was) a communist country, the government can decide which pictures their country can and cannot post on the internet (they choose what they want outsiders to see)........ another point is that the government takes away the power of the bourgeoisie (the ruling class, who own the means of production) and establish worker control of the means of production. Our society is different in the terms that they do not take power away from the rich... so the streets have more poverty.
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The equal division of slave an free states.
The death of Michael VIII in 1282, I believe was the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.