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The Exploration West
Lewis and Clark leave their home in Missouri to search the land west of the Mississippi. This event supports my answer that the westward expansion was unstoppable because this was the first start of the expansion because they were the first to explore that land west of the Mississippi. -
War with England
In 1812 the US declared war on England and this was for many reasons but the biggest one was because of the impressment of US Sailors. This supports my answer that the expansion was inevitable because the US wasn't going to let anyone or anything get in the way of their plans. -
Texas
After defeating Mexico in the Texas Revolution, Texas earns its independence and Sam Houston becomes its first president. When Texas defeat Mexico it got its freedom as its own land and eventually joined the United States. -
Trial of Tears
In 1838-1839 the tribe known as the Cherokee was kicked out of their home in Georgia and were forced to leave and go to Oklahoma. Many of them died and had 1 and 4 not make the journey. The Americans were kicking the Native Americans out of their land and taking it over and weren't gonna let them get in the way of them having that land. -
28 States
Texas joins the United States as its 28th state in the US. James K. Polk was the president had a part in getting that to happen. The United States was quickly expanding and nothing was going to stop that from happening. -
The Oregon Trail
Pioneers gather all of their belongings and hop into wagons or start walking west in hopes of starting a better life since land is also cheeper there. Families and friends all start to move west and this was a big part of the westward expansion since there would actually be people living there. -
US Victory
After the Mexican war is over and the US defeats Mexico, they gave us California, Arizona, and also New Mexico along with more. The United States had a ton of land and was basically a full country by this point.