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Nortwest Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance law- added new states, expanded land north and west from Ohio river. -
Louisiana Purchase
J. Madison purchased huge chunk of land from France, doubled America's territory. -
Start of Expansion
50 people leave Missouri and head west, to California -
Gold Rush begins
Upon finding gold in California, over 80,000 peoplel travel to take the chance of finding gold. -
America buys west
US pays around 15 million dollars to Mexico and buys California, New Mexico, Nevada, and more territory within that area. -
California
California became the 31st state of the US. -
Homestead Act
Homestead Act was approved, based on size, families were provided with houses, farms, (etc.) - for free for a certain lenght of time. -
Texas
Texas is now the 28th state in the US.
