SS Westward EXPANSION

This website will be focusing on some smaller topics from Westward Expansion including Billy The Kid and The Mohawk Tribe. 

Westward Expansion was an interesting time and there were many changes to people, tribes etc. 

Billy the kid

Billy was a very young, very popular, serial killer during Western Expansion.

Westward expansion

In 1840 nearly 7 million Americans moves west in hope for new land and a better lifestyle.

Does Might Make Right?

Not all might makes right because every war and battle have different endings. Sometimes one team wins and the other all dies or loses everything and they may of did nothing wrong. Other times a team justifies their land and have expanded without causing harm to innocent people. It all depends on the situation and is different all of the time.

Mohawk Tribe

The eastern most tribe that adapted to different customs during Western Expansion.

Work cited:

Andrews, Evan. "9 Things You May Not Know About Billy the Kid." History, A&E Television Networks, 14 July 2016, www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-billy-the-kid. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

Biography.com Editors. "Billy The Kid." Biography, A&E Television Networks, 2 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/people/billy-the-kid-278971. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, editor. "Mohawk." Britannica, 15 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/Mohawk#googDisableSync. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

EyeWitness to History. "The Death Of Billy The Kid, 1881." EyeWitness to history, ibis communications inc, 2001, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/billythekid.htm. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

History.com Editors. "Billy the Kid is shot to death." History, A&E Television Networks, 13 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-is-shot-to-death. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

HistoryNet. "Billy The Kid." HistoryNet, 2019, www.historynet.com/billy-the-kid. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

Warpath2peacepipes. "Mohawk Tribe." Warpath2peacepipes, www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/mohawk-tribe.htm. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.

Weiser, Kaithy. "Pat Garrett – An Unlucky Lawman." Legends of America, Sept. 2017, www.legendsofamerica.com/we-patgarrett/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2019.





 

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