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Thomas Jefferson buys the Lousiana territory from France for 15 million. This doubles the size of United States
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Lewis and Clark map out the Louisana Territory to the Pacific Ocean
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congress passes a law to move the Native Americans from the southeast to the west of the Mississippi
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A war fought between Mexico and Texas for Texas independent from Mexico
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the Cherokee is forced to march from East Coast to Oklahoma. Many Native Americans died along the way
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Many people travel west in order to find life. They followed a trail called the Oregon Trail. Over a span of 20 years, about 300,000 people came.
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The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest.
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A war fought for Texas. After the war, the United States Paid Mexico $15 million for land that became California, Texas, Nevada, Utah and other states
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Jame Marshall found gold in California and many people rush there
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A piece of land the United States got from the treaty of Mesilla
