Western Expansion Timeline

By mooneyhamc
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    Daniel Boone

    American pioneer best know for discovering Kentucky
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    Eli Whitney

    American inventor best know for making the cotton gin
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    Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

    They formed a trading post near the Oregon Trail. They later made a Cayuse for many immigrants to stay which killed all children and most adults. These people were then killed along with 12 other people which became known as the Whitman massacre
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition, they explored 8,000 miles across the land

  • Louisiana Purchase

    United States bought 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France
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    War of 1812

    This was a war between the United States and Great Britain over U.S. maritime right violation.
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    John Fremont

    He was a military officer that was the first candidate to the anti-slavery republican party for office of the President of the United States

  • indian Removal/Trail of Tears

    This causes the Removal Act of 1803 because of a land exchange. It gave them the right to relocate any Native Americans in the East territory
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    Texas Revolution

    American settlement in Texas rose which led to disagreement and war between independence or a return of Mexican Constitution of 1824.
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    Oregon Trail

    It was a route that is 2,170 miles long. The route went from Missouri to Oregon.

  • Manifest Destiny

    They believed that god wanted us to have the land. American Expansion across the North America. This was first stated by John L. O'Sullivan in an article which was edited.
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    The Mexican War

    Armed conflict between the United States and Mexican forces. Started because Mexico attacked a group of US soldiers killing a dozen. This started was and when the dust cleared Mexico lost one-third of its land.
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    The Donner Party

    They were looking for a faster route to California which caused them to get trapped by snow. This forced them to eat each other, this was the first major act of cannibalism.
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    The California Gold Rush

    James W. Marshall found gold in California. This caused 300,000 people to start coming to California to find gold.

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)

    This happened because Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors missed the deadline for them to reach reservation which led to the US Army confronting them, they were quickly outnumbered and overwhelmed which led to Custer's Land Stand.

  • The Massacre at Wounded Knee

    This was the last conflict between the the Federal Troops and the Sioux. This caused 150 Native American to die.