western expansion

  • Daniel Boone

    was an American pioneer, explorer and frontiersman
    He famous for his settlement in Kentucky
  • Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin

    He was the inventer of the cotton gin
  • Marcus Whitman

    American physican and missionary in oragan
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Was a land between the United States and France
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    They were order by Persident Thomas Jefferson to explorer and map the newly acquired territory
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    The War of 1812

    The War of 1812 was a military confilct lasting two and a half years between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • john fermont

    an american military officer, explorer and politician
  • Indian Removal/Trail of Tears

    was the forcement of Native Americas to be moved from there homeland
  • texas revolution

    known as the texas war of independence
  • The Organ Trail

    a 2,200 mile historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon
  • Manifest Destiny

    It was a widely held belief in the Untied States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent
  • the donner party

    was a group of american pioneers who set out for california in a wagon train
  • the mexican war

    when texas won the independence
  • the California gold rush

    was a rush for people all aroung the worl to find gold