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President Thomas Jefferson buys the entire Louisiana territory from France for 15 million dollars.
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This was when America bought the Louisiana territory. This was an extremely important time in history, because this was how America expanded so tremendousely.
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Lewis and Clark headed west to open the door to a whole lot of possibilities.
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Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston prove the steamboat's powe by traveling up the Hudson River on the steamboat in just 32 hours, when it would normally take four days, to Albany.
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Mexico gains Independance from Spain, as the result of the Mexican Revolution.
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John Quincy Adams ended up winning this election.
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The canal that spans from Buffalo to Albany New York gets completed.
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Andrew Jackson was determined to win this election, and he did.
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The Indian Removal Act is passed, causing one of the biggest faults in America's history.
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This was the cause of the Trail of Tears, gold was discovered on Native land, so America threw them out of their own land for it out of greed
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People set out on the Oregon trail to get supplies west so they can expand, there were a lot of people on this trail, because it was extremely important to get them there.
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John L. O'Sullivan writes the phrase "Manifest Destiny" to symbolize America's destiny to move west.
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Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States.
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Gold was found at Sutter's Mill in California, this caused people to abandon their wives and head off for gold, a lot of people died because of this.
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Mexico ended up getting the territory at the end of the Mexican war.
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Thanks to the Compromise of 1850 by Henry Clay, California becomes it's own free state.
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Completeion of this railroad made it easier for people to settle west.
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This battle proved the power of the Sioux resistance, when they defeat Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his forces in this battle.
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The U.S. army kills 300 Native Americans including 7 children after an exited native fires a shot.
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Arizona gets admitted to the union, becoming the last of 48 states and thus, ending the expansion west.
