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The U.S bought the Luisiana territory from france for fifty million.
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The first American expedition to cross the westren portion of the states.
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The Mexican government gave large amounts of land to empresarios. In return they would encourage others to move over to the Mexican government.
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John Quincy Adams, Amdrew Jackson, Willia H. Crawford, and Henry Clay all ran for presodent. Sense so many were running at the same time one didn't have a percent.
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The Cherokee's drafted a constitution based on ours.
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This was an act that was passed top move Nat
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The cherokees were moved out of their home and placed in land that they don't know. Six-thousand died on the move.
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Persuaded a Cherokee Cheif into signing the Treaty of New Echota, ceding all land for $5.6 million and free transportation.
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The Americans traveled to the west.
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Most of the west was owned by Mexico, and America didn't care they wanted it.
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A proposed bill regarding the West, which said that slavery should be prohibited in all of the Mexican terrtories gained except Texas.
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The war between the Americans and Mexicans ended. The "Treaty of Guadalupe" was signed.
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A carpenter named James Marshall was hired to build a saw mill for John Sutter. He discovered a few falkes of gold in northern California.
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California skips one of the steps in becoming a state because of all the population it gathered through the gold rush.
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The last purchase acpuiring Contiguous United States to add a large area.
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United States pruchased from Russia by treaty that was approvd by the U.S.
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A railroad that connects two coastlines.
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Colonel George Armstrong, his men were wiped by enemy forces. While trying to control the Great Plains and trying to restrain indian reservations.
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This was passed to break up indian reservations.
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After a Native American fired a rifle in a non-combat stuation, US soliders killed 300 indians and seven children.
