Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Timeline

Tecumseh-Birth and Death

Period: Mar 1, 1768 to Oct 5, 1813

(Birth day unknown)

Jim Bowie-Birth and Death

Period: Apr 1, 1796 to Mar 6, 1836

(Day of birth unknown)

Louisiana Purchase-Acquired

Apr 30, 1803

Clermont Steamboat-Built

Aug 17, 1807

Seminole Wars-Began and Ended

Period: Jan 1, 1817 to Jan 1, 1858

(Day and month of the beginning and ending is unknown)

Spanish Cession-Acquired

Jan 1, 1819

(Day and month are unknown)

Santa Fe Trail-Used

Jan 1, 1821

(Day and month unknown)

Erie Canal-Opens

Oct 26, 1825

Indian Removal Act

May 28, 1830

Treaty of New Echota

Dec 29, 1835

Oregon Trail-Used

Feb 17, 1836

(Day and moth unknown)

The Alamo-Begin and Ended

Period: Feb 23, 1836 to Mar 6, 1836

Trail of Tears

Jan 1, 1838

First Telegraph

May 24, 1844

Texas Statehood-Created

Dec 29, 1845

Donner Party

Apr 14, 1846

Oregon Treaty-Signed

Jun 15, 1846

Sutter’s Mill-January 24, 1848

Jan 24, 1848

Mexican Cession-Acquired

Feb 1, 1848

(Day unknown)

Oregon Territory-Acquired

Aug 14, 1848

California Statehood-Created

Sep 9, 1850

Gadsden Purchase-Acquired

Dec 30, 1853

Civil War-Begin and Ended

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Alaska Purchased

Mar 30, 1867

First Transcontinental Railroad

May 10, 1869

Golden Spike

May 10, 1869

Little Big Horn

Jun 25, 1876

Ended 26 June

Massacre at Wounded Knee

Dec 29, 1890

Arizona Statehood-Created

Feb 14, 1912