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Country farmers rebelled taxes they had to pay in order to pay back the wealthy people. This was led by Daniel Shays.
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Daniel Boone was the person who tried to make the Cumberland Gap. Which he did.
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In this event President Jefferson bought land from france. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
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With the Corps of Discovery they set out on an expidition. They traveled by boat up the Missousi River. In that time they gathered plants and drew maps.
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Captain Pike led an expidition to explore the south western area of the Louisiana Purchase. Pike recalls he saw a "Blue Mountain". Which Today is now called Pikes Peak.
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The British and Americans started a war because the British blockaded American ports. This event went from 1812 to 1814.
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President Jackson signed a law called the "Indian Removal Act". This forced tribes to leave their land and move to a territory called the "Indian Territory". Then more settlers moved into the indians old land.
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When some of the indians didn't move to the "Indian Territory" the American troups forced them out. Those indians walked the trail of tears.
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This started when President Polk sent soldiers over the Mexican border. Then they declared war. It lasted for about a year then the mexican troups were defeated.
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Gold was found by James W. Marshal. Later word spread about gold and more than 300,000 people came looking for this gold. This event became the california gold rush.
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Finally, after months and months of looking for gold the califonia gold rush ended.
