Westward Expansion Timeline

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson strikes a great deal with France. The Americans needed the land while the French needed the money.
  • Lewis and Clark leave for West

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Trail of Tears

  • Texas Rebellion

  • Texas Becomes a State

  • California Becomes a State

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Indian Appropriation Act

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

  • Arizona Becomes a State

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