Why did so little people settle west of the mississippi river between 1700 and 1800

The land west of Mississippi during the 1700's and most of the 1800' was land that was still dominated by the Native American tribes and the Spanish, and it was not safe at all for people to move in those parts considering the very bad relations with the native populations in that time of period. Also, the authorities, still hadn't tried to motivate people and try to make them settle in those areas with some measure that was going to be attractive for them.

1) the taiping rebellion was prompted from 1850-1864 and waged against the ruling of machu qing dynasty. the rebellion was caused by hong xiuquan and class differences, later leading to a radical change in social and economic structure.

3) karl marx, a believer of the principle of socialism, believed that the working class would have to free themselves from the exploitation of industrialists by establishing a radical socialist classless society where all industries and   property are owned by the state.

5) as indians revolt gained power, people found additional reasons to protest against the british rule. princely families joined the uprising due to changes to the inheritance law which made adopted children ineligible to assume the throne. this was an attempt by the british to control royal succession in the princely states that were nominally independent from the british.

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