The History Of Westward Expansion

Robert Morgan, author of Lions Of The West, has a very nice idea on history.History is viewed only by major characters and although they play a large part in the subject or time period, these leaders were only followers and serviced by the common people. These people are the ones who lived through the times as well as the leaders. Though, without the people making decisions for them, the government and “Heroes” of the time would have been nothing more than a small catalyst for Westward Expansion.

Realistically, major characters and people throughout the Westward Expansion only made little to no difference. Besides Lewis and Clark, who explored a large portion of America’s new land, everyone else just sat in an office waiting for things to