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The Louisiana Purchase is made. This nearly doubles the U.S. at the time. The U.S. bought this land from France for 15 million dollars.
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Lewis and Clark's expedition west with their team, The Corps of Discovery. They discover many new specimens and land under Jefferson's request.
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This war makes America truly free of Britain.
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed which officially ends war.
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The Missouri Compromise was passed regarding Missouri being a free or slvae state and future free and slave states.
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Maine is admitted into the union as a free states.
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Missouri is admitted into the union as a a slave state.
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200 Texans barricaded themselves with in the Alamo for protection of the impedeing Mexicans.
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Texas declres their independence from Mexico.
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Starting in the spring of 1843 many families and people begin migrating west along the Oregon Trail
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Texas is added to the Union after previously being the Republic of Texas.
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About 16 Americans dies after being attecked by Mexicans so President Polk declared war.
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Gold is found near Sutter's Mill for the first time.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed officially ending the war with Mexico.
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All throughout 1849 people began going to California, this was the Gold Rush.
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A smaller part of land was built in order to build the continential railroad.
