Of its approximate 750 miles, two-thirds of the route lay in Kansas. It also passed through portions of what is now Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico.

From east to west some of the more prominent places along or near the Santa Fe Trail included:

• Franklin, Missouri.
• Independence, Missouri.
• Council Grove, Kansas.
• Fort Larned, Kansas.
• Fort Dodge (Dodge City), Kansas.
• Lakin, Kansas.

The Trail crosses five States- Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. In 1821, Mexico gained its independence from Spain’s 200 years of control and unlocked a great gateway to the West- the Santa Fe Trail. From 1821 until 1880, trade between Mexico and the United States flourished along the Trail.

A Brief History Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The route was pioneered by Missouri trader William Becknell, who left Franklin, Missouri in September 1821.

When writing “Civil Disobedience,” the two government policies Thoreau most objected to were slavery and the Mexican-American War.

By spending a night in jail for not paying the state poll tax, Henry David Thoreau took the opportunity to protest two specific government policies: (1) its permission for slavery to persist in the southern states, and (2) its recent entrance into a war with Mexico.

The tone that Thoreau has established in paragraph two is a very passionate tone, yet it remains very reasonable. It is able to offer contribution to the rhetorical effect the paragraph has because it aids in making it seem as though Thoreau has great and vast knowledge on what he is discussing.

What does Henry David Thoreau believe people should do when they think a law is unfair? Abide by the law anyway because a law is a law.