Comments: For Mountain Men, tell me how they helped people move west. (How did contribute to people moving around the country?)Trails West!Mountain Men! The type of person that might best suit the mountain men lifestyle is a strong well cultured man. A man named Jim Beckwith joined the mountain men because in his home town he was poorly treated because of being black. But becuase he joined the mountain men he was much more respected. Despite many awful things that happened, there were a couple of good things that came out of the interation between the mountain men and the Natives. A couple of them were that they traded and that they fought well together. The mountain men are seperated from the rest of society so they aren't very informed. To make a living the mountain men opened shops for people to restock. The Mountain Men had a large economic impact in their time. One of the ways Mountain Men affected their economy was through their buisness- trapping animals for furs and skins. In London, beaver skins were highley prized because beaver skin hats were very popular there. So, Mountain Men could get a lot of money from the skins. Another way the Mountain Men affected the economy was through the supplies that they bought. There were places in the mountains called rendezous (Ron-day-voos), or places where people would meet up and buy supplies. The prices of items at rendezous were very expensive, as the supply of items was low, but demand was high. These rendezous were important to Mountain Men and also helped the economy. the mountain men were guides becuase they knew the land and they could guide people.
Trails West!There were many trails in the west like the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trial, Mormon Trial, and the California Trail. For the Santa Fe Trail the propose was that it was a short cut to help the traders, and also made commercail trade easier. The starting point was in Independence, Missouri, and ended and Santa Fe New Mexico! There was also the Oregon Trail and the propose of this trial was that they wanted to concer and occupy the entire landmass. It Stared in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Protland, Oregon territory. The third trial was called the Mormon Trial, the propose of this trail was to fell persecution in llinios. it stared in somewhere in Ilionois and ended in Salt Lake City, Utah. The last trail is the California Trail. This trail started in Orgon terriotory and ended in Sacrament Califorina. They had more and more new routes that were coming up and that made travling easyer and that made the pop. of the west shoot up.
The type of person that might best suit the mountain men lifestyle is a strong well cultured man. A man named Jim Beckwith joined the mountain men because in his home town he was poorly treated because of being black. But becuase he joined the mountain men he was much more respected. Despite many awful things that happened, there were a couple of good things that came out of the interation between the mountain men and the Natives. A couple of them were that they traded and that they fought well together. The mountain men are seperated from the rest of society so they aren't very informed. To make a living the mountain men opened shops for people to restock. The Mountain Men had a large economic impact in their time. One of the ways Mountain Men affected their economy was through their buisness- trapping animals for furs and skins. In London, beaver skins were highley prized because beaver skin hats were very popular there. So, Mountain Men could get a lot of money from the skins. Another way the Mountain Men affected the economy was through the supplies that they bought. There were places in the mountains called rendezous (Ron-day-voos), or places where people would meet up and buy supplies. The prices of items at rendezous were very expensive, as the supply of items was low, but demand was high. These rendezous were important to Mountain Men and also helped the economy. the mountain men were guides becuase they knew the land and they could guide people.