Timeline: ANG SPE - AMERICAN WESTWARD EXPANSION | Timetoast

Jun 15, 1803

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

First land purchase of US was bought from France for $15 Millions.
May 21, 1804

LEWIS & CLARK'S DEPARTURE FROM St.LOUIS
Nov 1, 1805

ARRIVAL OF LEWIS & CLARK IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Mar 22, 1806

LEWIS AND CLARK BACK IN St.LOUIS

They landed back in St.Louis.
May 28, 1830

INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
Mar 28, 1831

TRAIL OF TEARS
Mar 26, 1839

END OF THE TRAIL OF TEARS
May 22, 1843

OREGON TRAIL
1846

DONNER PARTY
1847

ENDING OF THE DONNER PARTY
Jan 24, 1848

GOLD RUSH / FIRST PERSON TO FIND GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

James Marshall was the first digger who found gold in California.
1849

MASS ARRIVAL OF 90,000 AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA
1855

ENDING OF THE GOLD RUSH
Apr 12, 1861

CIVIL WAR
May 20, 1862

HOMESTEAD ACT

The Homestead Act of 1862 was signed by US President Abraham Lincoln on the 20th of May, 1862.
1863

CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY
Jul 1, 1863

RAILROAD ACT
Apr 9, 1865

ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR
1869

COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY
1869

PUBLICATION OF ALBERT BIERSTADT'S PANEL: "The Oregon Trail
1883

ENDING OF THE OREGON TRAIL