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In 1796, Boone went on an expedition and discovered a trail called Cumberland Gap.
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Eli Whitney, is an American inventor. He patented the cotton gin, the cotton gin is a machine that sped up the process of removing the seeds.
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A physician and missionary in Oregon Country
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The Louisiana Purchase is a treaty signed between the United States, and France.
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Thomas Jefferson asked Congress to pay for/fund an expedition that would cross Louisiana all the way to the Pacific
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Pioneer and Missionary in Oregon Country
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This was an argument between United States and Great Britian
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Fremont, was the first candidate of the anti slavery Republican Party
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Federal governments forced many Native Americans to leave their homes and walk thousands of miles across the Mississippi River. Many people didn't make the journey thats why it's known as the Trail of Tears
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Texas fighting with the Mexican government
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This was a route that large wheeled wagons took that connected to the Missouri River valley.
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A belief that the settlers were destined to expand across North America
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First U.S. armed conflict fought on foreign soil.
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A group of American pioneers that set out for California in a wagon.
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James Wilson Marshall discovered gold flakes, and tried to keep it a secret.
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The indians and America gathered in Montana and fought for their land.