Western Expansion Timeline

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    Daniel Boone

    In 1769 he led the discovery of a trail and then he settled in Kentucky.
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    Eli Whitney

    Eli was a US inventor and manufacture. The cotton gin is a thing he invented.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    It was a land deal with United States and France
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    First American expedition to cross the western part of the United States
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    Oregon Trail Date

    It connected the Missouri river to the Oregon Trails
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    War of 1812

    War between United States and Great Britain
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    John Fermont

    During the Mexican American war he was the Governor of military in Calefornia
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    Texas Revolution

    People lived in Texas rebelled against the increase of Mexican population and control of texas
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    Trail of Tears

    Cherokees were forced to march westward along the Trail of Tears. A quarter of them died during this process.

  • Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

    They led the first large party of wagons across the Oregon Trail

  • Manifest Destiny

    A journalist names John O'Sullivan used the words "Manifest Destiny" to describe the westward expansion
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    Mexican War

    A war over the rights to Texas between America and Mexico
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    The Donner Party

    2 guys went to California in a wagon

  • The California Gold Rush

    James Marshall Discover gold in California. The word got out that he found gold and everybody rushed to California to get gold.

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

    The American Indian arm defeat General Custer and the 7th calvary

  • The Massacre at Wounded Knee

    A man surrender his rifle and there was eventually a conflict about the rifle that lead to gunshots and people dying.