The coming of the Western Expansion

By dgrant010

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky. in 1775 Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kenucky. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,00 Americans migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by following the route marked by Boone.

  • William Clark

    William Clark
    William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor.[1] A native of Virginia, he grew up in prestatehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri. Clark was a planter and slaveholder.[2] Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 to 1806 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean, and claimed the Pacific Northwest for the United States.

  • Meriwether Lewis

    Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark.

  • Zebulon Pike

    Zebulon Pike
    American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a United States Army captain in 1806–1807, he led the Pike Expedition, sent out by President Thomas Jefferson, to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana territory and to find the headwaters of the Red River, during which he recorded the discovery of what later was called Pikes Peak.

  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark
    Departing May 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson.

  • Westward Expansion

    Westward Expansion
    After the War of 1812 much of America's attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union.