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Manifest Destiny Timeline

By ravenaynes

  • John Adams is elected President

    John Quincy Adams only served one term. He was with the Federalists Party.

  • The Treaty of Greenville

    This treaty was signed after the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This also ended the Northwest Indian War.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase made the US much bigger, and it gave us control of the Mississippi River.
  • The Steamboat was invented

    The Steamboat was invented

    The first successful steamboat was built by Robert Fulton. This steamboat was named the Clermont.

  • The National Road is finished

    This road is also known as Route 40. This was the first road fully funded by the US ever.
  • The Battle of Tippecanoe

    The Battle of Tippecanoe

    This battle was between the Indians and the United States army. The leader of this army was General William Henry Harrison.

  • Andrew Jackson was elected President

    He defeated the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. He was also a lawyer and landowner.
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    In this war, the US declared war against the British. This ended because we decided to stop trying to end impressment.
  • Indiana becomes a state

    Indiana becomes a state

    President James Madison approved Indiana as a state. Because this land was known as a "land of the Indians" Indiana was a fitting name.

  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    This treaty has a lot of other names, it can be known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Flordia Treaty, or the Flordia Purchase treaty. This was a treaty that to gave up the US and defined the border between the New Spain and US.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    The purpose of this was to settle between anti-slave states and pro- slavery states.
  • The Erie Canal is finished

    The Erie Canal is finished

    This canal was 363 miles long from Albany to Buffalo. De Witt Clinton planned the construction of this canal.

  • The Battle of the Alamo

    The Battle of the Alamo lasted 13 days. During this war, all Texas defenders were killed.
  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears

    This trail has its name because of all the devastating events that happened. The devastating events occurred because Andrew Jackson forced all Indians to migrate to Oklahoma.

  • Texas is annexed by the US

    This was important because long-term benefits were important to the US. This quickly led to a war with Mexico, quickly after this event took place.
  • The California Gold Rush

    The California Gold Rush

    James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while building a sawmill. Most people didn't believe that gold was actually discovered.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The north gained a new state, which today is now California. This was a package of five separate bills passed by the US Congress.

  • California becomes part of the US

    This happened with the help of the Compromise of 1850. It was originally was a part of Mexico, but that changed after the Mexican/American War.

  • The Kansas/Nebraska Act

    This was passed by the US Congress. This was served to let people allow if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders.
  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott was a slave. He was trying to defend the fact that no African American were not American citizens.