The Northwest, a Brief History
So, you’re an entrepreneur, and you’re hungry for knowledge about how people had the money to buy lands, properties, even whole towns. Well, the fact is, when the United States first acquired the states in the west, many people were reluctant to move here. Firstly, Native Americans whom they assumed were vicious and agressive people inhabited these lands. Second, it was far away from the central command Washington, DC. However, there was a strong incentive that led many people to leave behind the already developed cities of New York, Boston, and whatnot, to travel west into the forests and undeveloped lands, and that is of course, land itself. That’s the main incentive. The government gave people properties so that they could find their own opportunities and at the same time expand and mark American territory.
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