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Mountain Men start appearing, some were fur traders, most of them collected fur for trade.
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War of 1812 ends with the treaty of Ghent.
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Meanwhile, Mexico becomes an independent nation
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Mexico encourages Americans to live to in Texas, by 1830 more than 20,000 Americans join Texas
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Cotton doubled from 1830 - 1840 and tripled from 1830 - 1860
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The necessity of fur is so low, that there are barely no more people who are trading fur.
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Texas with the help of Americans kick Mexican Soldiers off Texas, later pushing them up to Mexico's capitol.
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Sam Houston leads a army to take back Texas.
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After Texas fighting Mexico over the land of Texas, Texas finally gets independence.
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Immigrants increases by 5x from 1840 to 1860
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Amount of slaves increase in the south from 1840 - 1860, there are more white people in the North than slaves in 1860
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The amount of patents increased by 9x from 1840 - 1860 because of the amount of inventions and innovations being produced.
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Bringing many people from the east to the west, bringing immigrants from different places around the world, bringing a lot of diversity.
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80,000 come to California, these people are also known as the forty-niners
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Railroad tracks tripled from 1850 to 1860