Westward Expansion Timeline

By Moyer.Tyler

  • War of 1812 Ends

    The war ends with the treaty of Ghent, an agreement stating that all land south of the great lakes and north of the gulf of Mexico belongs to America.

  • Construction of the Eerie Canal begins

  • Indian Removal Act Passed

    President Andrew Jackson was granted the power and funds necessary

  • The First March of the Trail of Tears Begins

  • Colt Patents the Revolver

    Samuel Colt patents the Revolver (or automatic pistol) ushering in a new era of guns and gunslingers

  • Oregon Trail is Opened

    The trial is opened from Idaho to the grandeRonde valley in Oregon thus begining the Great Migration.

  • Donner Party Stranded in the Wasatch Mountains

  • California Gold Rush Begins

    James Marshall Discovers gold in Sutter's Mill, california beggining the first California Gold Rush.

  • Compromise of 1850

    This single agreement defined the borders of several of the states that we all know and love today including, but not limited to, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada