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Settlers with poor soil often left their farms and moved westward, to try again on more fertile land.Fresh waves of settlers pushed the frontier steadily westwards in their search of fertile soil.Today's Americans like to think that many of the best values and attitudes of the modern United States can be traced back to the frontier experiences of their pioneer ancestors.People needed to be tough, independent and self-reliant.

Settlers with poor soil often left their farms and moved westward, to try again on more fertile
land. As they travelled inland they passed fewer and fewer farms and villages. At last there were
none at all. This area, where European settlement came to an end and forest homelands of the
Amerindians began, was called the frontier.
Fresh waves of settlers pushed the frontier steadily westwards in their search of fertile
soil. They would often pass by land that seemed unsuitable for farming. Because of this, frontier
farms and villages were often separated by miles of unsettled land. A family might be a day’s
journey from its nearest neighbours. For such reasons the people of the frontier communities had
to rely upon themselves for almost everything they needed. They grew their own food and built
their own houses. They developed their own kinds of music, entertainment, art and forms of
religious worship.
A special spirit, or attitude, grew out of this frontier a way of life. People needed to be
tough, independent and self-reliant. Yet they also needed to work together, helping each other
with such tasks as clearing and building houses and barns. The combination of these two ideas –
a strong belief that individuals had to help themselves and a need for them to cooperate with one
another – strengthened the feeling that people were equal and that nobody should have special
rights and privileges.
The frontier way of life helped democratic ideas to flourish in America. Today’s
Americans like to think that many of the best values and attitudes of the modern United States
can be traced back to the frontier experiences of their pioneer ancestors.