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Daniel Boone discovered what is now Kentucky
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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The U.S. bought Louisiana from France
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Started in St. Louis and went Westward to reach the Pacific Coast.
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The Oregon Trail is a wagon trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon
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A war between the United States and United Kingdom for land. the war ended with no changes in land expansion for either of them.
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During the Mexican-American war he claimed his-self as the Governor of the military in California.
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The Cherokee nation is forced to march from the East coast to Oklahoma
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They led the first large party of wagons across the Oregon Trail
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America claims Texas as a state. this lead to the Mexican-American war.
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A journalist named John O'Sullivan used the words "Manifest Destiny" to describe the westward expansion.
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A war over the rights to Texas between America and Mexico
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2 guys set out for California in a wagon.
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James Marshall discover gold in California. the word got out that he found gold and everybody rushed to California to get gold.
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The American Indian army defeat General Custer and the 7th calvary.
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A man surrendered his rifle and there was eventually a conflict about the rifle that lead to gunshots and people dying.