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Thomas Jefferson was one of the most well known Founders of the United States. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third US president.
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The purchase of the Louisiana territory nearly doubled the size of the US. It stretched from the Mississippi River in the East all the way to the Rocky Mountains in the West as well as from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Even though the United States had purchased the land, no one knew what it held. Because of this Thomas Jefferson put together an expedition to view the ands West of the Mississippi. He called it the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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During this time Britain was fighting with the French. The British Royal Navy kept the country from trading with other countries and this angered Americans.
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This battle was a part of the on-going war of 1812 and was fought between American troops and an alliance of the British and Indian forces.
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In 1814, the war between France and Britain was over, but the battle between Britain and America was still continuing.
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By 1820 there were 22 states in the US, 11 were free and 11 were slave states. The contrast in views on slavery caused bitter rivalry in Congress.
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President James Monroe announced a new policy stating European colonial powers were barred from colonizing any part of America in the future.
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The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson to relocate Indian tribes living East of the Mississippi to Western territories.
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In 1835 Texas was still a part of Mexico. Though they were relatively independent under General Lopez De Santa Anna in the beginning, he now wanted to impose his rule which began the conflict.
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In February, 1836 the battle of the Alamo was fought as part of the Texas Revolution.
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The Civil War was fought over the disagreement of free and slave states.
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This act was passed by the U.S. government stating that any American citizen can go to the Western territories, claim a plot of land 160 acres, if he can settle on the land and farm it for five years.
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By 1865, most of the Confederate armies had already been defeated. General Robert E. Lee still commanded one of the last major Confederate armies and Ulysses S. Grant over the Union army.
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During 1876, the Lakota and Sioux warriors were fighting against the U.S. army in order to stop them from taking their land. In an attempt to remove the resistance of the Native Americans Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led a small army of U.S. soldiers to confront the warriors.
