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In 1775, he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky, but faced Indian resistance. On September 26, 1820, Boone died in Femme Osage Creek, Missouri.
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Laws were created for certain territories. These laws forbid slavery and, guarantees certain civil rights.
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President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. This doubles the size of the United States and provides a large area to the west of the country for expansion.
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Explorers Lewis and Clark map out areas of the Louisiana Purchase and eventually reach the Pacific Ocean.
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Pirates had long been known to use Florida, which was controlled by Spain, as a refuge and hideout from the United States authorities. Finally tired of the pirate raids, a General called Andrew Jackson invaded and captured a number of forts in the area. Since Spain did not want to go to war, they agreed to hand over Florida to the U.S. We call this transaction the Spanish Cession.
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John Quincy Adam was elected president of the United States of America
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Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River.
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Mexican troops attack the Alamo Mission killing all but two Texans. This spurs the Texans on in the Texas Revolution.
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This is the date when Florida becomes a state. Florida entered the Union on March 3, 1845, the 27th state and the last state east of the Mississippi River.
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Journalist John O'Sullivan first uses the term "Manifest Destiny" to describe the westward expansion of the United States.
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A war fought over the rights to Texas. After the war, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for land that would later become California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states. The Mexican-American war was from 1846 to 1848.
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England signs the Oregon Treaty handing over the Oregon Territory to the United States.
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James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill. Soon word is out and people rush to California to strike it rich
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The first convetion ever for women's rights was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
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he next area of land to be bought by the United States was the region that we know as Arizona and a part of New Mexico. This was called the Gadsden Purchase.
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The first productive commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake. This led to further expansion in the southwest in search of fertile oil fields.
