American pioneer

American settlers who migrated westward in the 18th and 19th centuries

Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham (1851–52)

American pioneers also known as American settlers were European American,[1] Asian American[2] and African American[3] settlers who migrated westward from the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States of America to settle and develop areas of the nation within the continent of North America.[4][5]

The pioneer concept and ethos greatly predate the migration to the Western United States, with which they are commonly associated, and many places now considered "East" were settled by pioneers from even further east. For example, Daniel Boone, a key figure in U.S. history, settled in Kentucky, when that "Dark and Bloody Ground" was still undeveloped.

American pioneers building the flatboat Adventure galley  at Sumrill's Ferry on the Youghiogheny River during March 1788.

One important development in the Western settlement were the Homestead Acts, which provided formal legislation for settlers which regulated the settlement process with little to no concern for the Native inhabitants of the land.[6] pioneers also settled on land that was once inhabited by American Indian tribes. [7]

## Etymology[edit]

The word "pioneer" originates with the Middle French pionnier (originally, a foot soldier, or soldier involved in digging trenches), from the same root as peon or pawn.[8] In the English language, the term independently evolved a sense of being an innovator or trailblazer.[8] As early as 1664, Englishman John Evelyn used the term with a self-effacing "workman" meaning when he wrote in his treatise on planting, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees: "I speak now in relation to the Royal Society, not my self, who am but a Servant of it only and a Pioneer in the Works".[9]

## Pioneers[edit]

Various figures in American folklore and literature typify the pioneer. James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer (1841) became the most successful of his early series, the Leatherstocking Tales, about pioneer life in the Province of New York. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series, published a century later from 1932 to 1943 but set sixty years prior, typified later depictions of pioneer families. Daniel Boone (1734–1820) and Davy Crockett (1786–1836) became two real-life icons of pioneer history.

## Historic details and episodes[edit]

### History of settlement efforts[edit]

Further information: Territorial evolution of the United States

The first westward migrations occurred as members of the Thirteen Colonies sought to expand their respective colonies westward. Those whose original royal charters did not specify a western limit simply extended their lands westward indefinitely.

After the United States was officially formed upon the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, federal coordination and legislation began to give settlement a more unified approach.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was the first official action by the federal government in deciding how political organization of new territories would be handled. Then in 1787 the Northwest Ordinance declared that states could not individually claim new lands, and that westward expansion would be handled by the federal government. In implementing the Land Act of 1804, the government took its first steps towards legislating the manner in which land would be individually claimed by and distributed to settlers.

One federal effort to encourage western travel and settlement was the publication of The Prairie Traveler in 1859, three years before the Homestead Act was passed. Randolph B. Marcy, Captain of the U.S. Army, was commissioned by the War Department to provide a guide for those moving west. It provided not only mileage and stopping points during travel, but also gave advice about what to take on the journey, how to interact with Native Americans and also how to respond to threatening situations such as encounters with bears.[10][11]

There were many other forms of this process, such as land runs including the Land Run of 1889, when parts of the territory of Oklahoma were first made available to settlers on a first-come, first-serve basis.

### Details of pioneer efforts and actions[edit]

As western settlement grew, certain trends began to emerge. Most pioneers traveled in wagon trains with their families and other settlers, banding together for defense and to spread the workload.

Pioneers in the East often had to clear the land, owing to lush forests there. In the Midwest, the task was to bring agricultural fertility to the Great Plains.[clarification needed]

Some pioneers moved westward with the intent of claiming land for their families. Others, such as trappers, moved west for commercial reasons, and then remained there when their businesses proved to be profitable.

## Popular culture and folklore[edit]

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The figure of the pioneer has historically played a role in American culture, literature and folklore. The pioneer is similar to other iconic figures involved in stories of the "settlement of the West," such as the cowboy, trapper, prospector, and miner; however, the pioneer is distinct in that he represents those who went into unexplored territory in search of a new life, looking to establish permanent settlement.

Various figures in American folklore and literature typify the pioneer. The Deerslayer was the most successful of an early series, the Leatherstocking Tales, about pioneer life in New York. Little House on the Prairie, a century later, typified a later series of novels describing a pioneer family. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett are two real-life icons of pioneer history.

## See also[edit]

* American frontier
* American pioneers to the Northwest Territory
* American West
* Donation Land Claim Act of 1850
* Frontiersman
* Land Act of 1804
* Manifest Destiny
* Military Tract of 1812
* Mormon pioneers
* Preemption Act of 1841
* Public Land Survey System

## References[edit]

1. ^ "pioneer". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
2. ^ "PBS - "Ancestors in the Americas"". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
3. ^ Boissoneault, Lorraine (2018-06-19). "The Unheralded Pioneers of 19th-Century America Were Free African-American Families". Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
4. ^ Moss, Walter. "The Pioneers: Heroic Settlers or Indian Killers". History News Network. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
5. ^ "pioneer life". Britannica Kids. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
6. ^ "Homesteading and Indigenous Dispossession". University of Richmond. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
7. ^ www.cliffsnotes.com https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/subjects/history/what-did-american-indians-have-to-give-up-for-pioneers. Retrieved 2024-05-08. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
8. ^ a b Philip Durkin, "Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology" in The Oxford Guide to Etymology (2011), ch. 5, p. 134, 138.
9. ^ John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber (1664), p. 2.
10. ^ The Prairie Traveler by Randolph B. Macy
11. ^ The Prairie Traveler, Randolph B. Macy

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See also|

* Gunfighter
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* Lexington murders
* Bisbee massacre
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Events

| Pre-Colonial|

* Prehistoric
* Pre-Columbian Era

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Colonial|

* Exploration of North America
* European colonization
* Native American epidemics
* Settlement of Jamestown
* Thirteen Colonies
* Atlantic slave trade
* King William's War
* Queen Anne's War
* Dummer's War
* First Great Awakening
* War of Jenkins' Ear
* King George's War
* Prelude to Revolution
* American Enlightenment
* French and Indian War
* Proclamation of 1763
* Sugar Act
* Stamp Act Congress
* Sons of Liberty
* Boston Massacre
* Boston Tea Party
* Intolerable Acts
* First Continental Congress
* Continental Association

1776–1789|

* American Revolution
* War
* Second Continental Congress
* Lee Resolution
* Declaration of Independence
* Treaty of Paris
* Confederation period
* Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
* Pennsylvania Mutiny
* Shays' Rebellion
* Northwest Ordinance
* Drafting and ratification of the Constitution

1789–1815|

* Bill of Rights
* Federalist Era
* Whiskey Rebellion
* Quasi-War
* Jeffersonian era
* Louisiana Purchase
* War of 1812

1815–1849|

* Era of Good Feelings
* Missouri Compromise
* Monroe Doctrine
* Jacksonian era
* Trail of Tears
* Nat Turner's slave rebellion
* Nullification crisis
* Westward expansion
* Mexican–American War
* Seneca Falls Convention
* First Industrial Revolution
* Second Great Awakening

1849–1865|

* Antebellum Era
* California Gold Rush
* Prelude to War
* Compromise of 1850
* Fugitive Slave Act
* Kansas–Nebraska Act
* Bleeding Kansas
* Dred Scott decision
* Election of Lincoln
* Secession
* Civil War
* Emancipation Proclamation
* Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1865–1917|

* Reconstruction era
* Amendments
* First transcontinental railroad
* Ku Klux Klan
* Enforcement Acts
* Compromise of 1877
* Second Industrial Revolution
* Gilded Age
* The Gospel of Wealth
* Chinese Exclusion Act
* Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
* Haymarket affair
* Sherman Antitrust Act
* Progressive Era
* Spanish–American War
* Imperialism
* Square Deal
* Nadir of American race relations

1917–1945|

* World War I
* Paris Peace Conference
* First Red Scare
* Roaring Twenties
* Prohibition
* Women's suffrage
* Tulsa race massacre
* Second Klan
* Harlem Renaissance
* Great Depression
* Wall Street Crash of 1929
* Dust Bowl
* New Deal
* World War II
* home front
* Manhattan Project

1945–1964|

* Strike wave of 1945–1946
* Start of Cold War
* Truman Doctrine
* Early Cold War
* North Atlantic Treaty
* Korean War
* Ivy Mike
* McCarthyism
* Postwar Boom
* Civil Rights Movement
* Early–mid Cold War
* Cuban Missile Crisis
* Assassination of John F. Kennedy

1964–1980|

* Great Society
* Mid Cold War
* Détente
* Space Race
* Vietnam War
* Fall of Saigon
* Counterculture
* Second-wave feminism
* Gay liberation
* Stonewall riots
* Watergate scandal
* Iran hostage crisis
* Moral Majority

1980–1991|

* Reagan era
* Reaganomics
* Iran–Contra affair
* Late Cold War
* Invasion of Grenada
* Reagan Doctrine
* End of the Cold War
* War on drugs
* Invasion of Panama

1991–2008|

* Gulf War
* NAFTA
* Los Angeles riots
* WTC bombing
* Republican Revolution
* Oklahoma City bombing
* Columbine
* Bush v. Gore
* September 11 attacks
* War on terror
* War in Afghanistan
* Iraq War
* Hurricane Katrina

2008–present|

* Great Recession
* Killing of Osama bin Laden
* Rise in mass shootings
* Black Lives Matter
* Obergefell v. Hodges
* Unite the Right rally
* COVID-19 pandemic
* recession
* January 6 insurrection
* Afghanistan withdrawal
* Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
* Support of Ukraine
* Indictments of Donald Trump

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Federal District|

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