Why did so little people settle west of mississippi river between 1700 and 1800

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.

The area directly outside a city is called 1 rural 2 urban 3 suburban

What were the causes and effects of the war in 1812