The sea route and the land route were generally the same length in time (the Panama Canal was not yet dug, forcing ships to go around the Southern tip of South America) and most decided the land route was preferable.
get there faster
Allowed settlers to purchase land on credit.
land
The railroads did indeed see land to American settlers. They made billions of dollars selling the right of way when they were finished with it.
A "headright" is a legal grant of land to settlers.
160 acres of land
So they cold come there safely and a bit fast
settlers came to California to claim more land for their country
It wasn't easy, but he did find a route!
White settlers
There was no other way to get to the New World as any land bridge no long existed.
It would have taken a couple of months by the route they took, or sooner by a more direct route.
The explorers for California were Spanish-missionaries, fur trappers, Mexican settlers/ land grants, John Sutter, John C. , gold miners.
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO FIND LAND SO THEY CAN SURVIVE THE STORM ! please wright your answer.
The duration of The Land of the Settlers is 2 hours.
the people were getting there land good job on ur gold rush report
The Land of the Settlers was created on 2005-05-30.
The importance of the great wagon road was that the settlers moved west to the Piedmont plateau region