https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0 Made with fortitude en-us 2018-03-02 13:17:33 UTC 2018-03-02 16:36:46 UTC hello@padlet.com cece2xx_ https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237374869 ¨The 2,000 mile long Oregon Trail which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into the Oregon Country. ¨ 
¨began after the rainy season ended in late spring and lasted about six months¨
¨Oregon Trail, many Native Americans helped the pioneers, acting as guides and messengers. ¨ ]]> 2018-03-02 13:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237374869 cece2xx_ https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237377155 ¨It led from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.¨
¨The long trip across blazing deserts and rough mountains was dangerous. But the lure of high profits encouraged traders to take to the trail. One trader reported a 2,000 percent profit on his cargo. ¨]]> 2018-03-02 13:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237377155 cece2xx_ https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237380288 ¨One large group of settlers traveled to the West in search of religious freedom¨ 
¨All three communities eventually failed, and an anti-Mormon mob murdered Smith in 1844.¨]]> 2018-03-02 13:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237380288 cece2xx_ https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237383806 ¨In the 1830s and 1840s, Americans who wanted to move to California started up the Oregon Trail.¨
¨ California’s population consisted mostly of Mexicans and Native Americans. When Mexico controlled California, Mexican officials did not want many Americans to settle there. However in 1839 they did give Swiss immigrant John Sutter permission to start a colony. ¨ ]]> 2018-03-02 13:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cece2xx_/1sshvhuol7u0/wish/237383806