Gone West: The Growth of a Nation

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  • English colonists found Jamestown in Virginia

  • Founding of Santa Fe, New Mexico by the Spanish

  • First American slaves are brought to Virginia

  • The ship Mayflower arrives in Massachusetts Bay

  • Sieur De La Salle claims Mississippi watershed for France

  • France loses her possessions in North America

  • Daniel Boone clears Wilderness Trail to Kentucky

  • Signing of the Decleration of Independence

  • Los Angeles is founded in Upper California

  • Colombia River discovered and named by Captain Robert Gray

  • Spain cedes Louisiana to France by secret treaty

  • United States buys Louisiana from France

  • President Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to ezplore Northwest

  • US/Canadian border established East of Continental Divide

  • Adams Onis Treaty establishes US/Mexican border in West

  • Mexico wins independence from spain

  • City of Chicago is incorporated

  • Texas wins independance from Mexico

  • United States invades Mexico

  • Gold is first discovered in California

  • Gold is first discovered in Colorado

  • American Civil War begins with attack on Fort Sumpter

  • Slavery is abolished in the United States

  • Completion of the first transcontinental railroad line

  • Last herd of bison (buffalo) is destroyed