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Delegates from all states came to draft the Constitution.
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Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
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Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory because of orders from President Thomas Jefferson
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The U.S. went to war with Britain again because they were arming Indians against them, had land in America, and were practicing impressment.
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President Andrew Jackson passed a law that forced the Native Americans to move west.
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The Cherokees are forced off their land with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They have to march west and 1 out of 4 of them die.
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The Mexican - American War was fought so America can conquer Mexico.
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The Oregon Treaty gave Oregon to the U.S.
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George Donner was elected captain of the wagon train so the Donner Party was formed.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first Women's Rights Convention.
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The Gold Rush began when gold was found in Sutter's Mill. Pioneers went west to California for gold.
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Herman Melville wrote about what factory life was like for some 19th-century children.
