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Why were all white men given the right to vote in new territories?
to attract new settlers
How did the U.S. government make lands available to western settler said?
Through conquest and subversion of the native tribes. Technically speaking, they passed the Homestead Act, which gave settlers the right to carve out a plot of land, for free.
What Spanish port denied the Americans the right of deposit?
Spain, which held most of the territory west of the Mississippi River, refused to acknowledge America's westernmost boundary as the Mississippi where the Treaty of Paris had set it. Spain also denied the U.S. the "right of deposit" at New Orleans, which was also in Spanish possession. A right of deposit allows one nation to temporarily store goods on foreign soil without exorbitant fees. Both of those issues inhibited American trade on the Mississippi.
In which port city did the US seek to restore the right of deposit?
The United States sought to restore the right of deposit in the port city of New Orleans. In 1798, Spain took away these rights, causing much conflict with the Americans.
Where did Stephen Austin led American settlers?
1830, Congress passes a Pre-emption Act which grants settlers the right to ... held in San Felipe de Austin, American settlers led by Stephen Austin vote to make ... force the settlers to flee into Illinois where they establish
