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In the early 1800s, American Indians saw waves of pioneers traveling across the land. reports of wide-open spaces ready for taking and wanted some for themselves. These pioneers had come from different places.

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Early Immigrants in the U.S. included many groups from Pennsylvania and Virginia, beyond communities that already existed.German farmers came to the new republic in the early 1800s.

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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase, dou-bling the size of the United States.This huge territory stretched from the city of New Orleans to Canada, and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored these lands. Other explorers, such as Zebulon Pike and John C. Frémont, also mapped the territory.

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One way for early settlers to go west was through the Cumberland Virginia meet.American Indians used this pass long before Daniel Boone showed up. He was one of the first pioneers to travel through it.