-
Led an expidetion and discovered a trail to the far west through the Cumberland Gap. In 1775 he settled in a area he called Boonesborough, Kentucky.
-
A cotton gin is a machine that removes the seeds from cotton, and in 1794 Eli Whitney invented this. This machine sped up the production of cotton.
-
A land deal between U.S and France, The U.S recieved about 827,000 square miles for $15 million.
-
Also known as The Corps of discovery Expedition, Was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the U.S to get to the Pacific Ocean.
-
War that lasted for 2 and a half years fought between the U.S against UK of Great Britain and Ireland.
-
Began when colonist in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the centralist Mexican government.
-
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up all their land east of the Mississippi and move to an are in present day Ohlahoma.
-
Term for the attutude prevalent that the United States was destined to stretch from coast to coast. This helped fuel western settlement, Native American Removsl and the war with Mexico.
-
Group of American Pioneers that set out for California in a wagon train led by George Donner and James F Reed.
-
War between Mexico and the U.S. Resulted in the U.S winnind and Mexico losing about half of its national terriortory in the North.
-
Gold was discovered by James W. Marshall
-
Battle between U.S Calvary and the Northeast Indians. The U.S was trying to make the Indians go back to their reservations.
-
Became the first canidate of the anti-slavery Rebublican Party for the office of The President of the United States.
-
Conflict between North American Indians and the representatives of the U.S government. Massacre left 150 Native Americans dead.
-
Wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River and Oregon.
