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Lewis and Clark Expidition
On May 14th, two american men named Lewis and Clark departed on their journey to discover the westward region. They brought along their slave York and later met a Native American named sacagwea. -
Louisiana Purchase
On october 20th, the united states bought a large part of land from France. This is called the Louisiana Purchase. -
Indian Removal Act
May 28th, 1830 was the start of the indian removal. This was when the Americans started their westward expansion. The americans took the Native Americans from their homes and made them walk the trail of tears. -
Trail of Tears
July 6th, 1838, was the start of the trail of tears. the trail of tears was the forced relocation of the Native Americans. This was a terrible time for the Native Americans. They suffered alot during this long walk with little food and water. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a 2,000-mile historic east-west large emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. It was first layed by fur trappers and traders, but after years of expansion of the trails, they were finally fit for wagons. -
Mormon Pilgrimage
The Mormon pioneers were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Latter-day Saints, who migrated across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utah. At the time of the cease fire and planning of the exodus in 1846, the territory was owned by the Republic of Mexico, which soon after went to war with the United States over the annexation of Texas. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican–American War, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.
