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Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
Eli Whitney is credited as a pioneer of american manufactering -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
They were the first settlers in the west, they played an important role in opening the oregon trail and left a tragic legacy -
The lousianna purchase
They signed the treaty because napeoleon could take it away -
Lewis and Clark Expedtion
The united states purchased land from france in 1803.
Their mission was to explore the unknown territory -
The Oregon Trail
2,200 mile trail served a transportation route made in 1811-1840 -
War of 1812
Military conflict, it lasted two and a half years fought by the united states of america against the united kingdom -
Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
American Pioneer -
Indian removal/trail of tears
There land was in differents parts of the world, it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region -
Texas Revolution
It began with the battle of gonzales in october 1835 and ened with the battle of San Jacinto -
Manifest Destiny
This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. The phrase was first employed by John L. O’Sullivan in an article on the annexation of Texas published in the July-August 1845 -
The Donner Party
Led by two wealthy brothers, Jacob and George Donner, the emigrants initially followed the regular California Trail westward to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. -
The Mexican War
War between U.S and mexico that lasted from spring 1846 to fall of 1847 -
John Fremont (in California)
An american military officer, explorer and politician who becaem the first canditate of the anti-slavery republican -
The California Gold Rush
A period in american history that began in january, when gold was founded by james w. marshall -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
A treaty had given the Sioux exclusive rights to the Black Hills, but when gold was later discovered in the area, white miners flocked to the territory. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota,was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government.
