Westward Expansion Timeline Summerlin

By ElizabethJewel

  • european settlement

  • france claimed land

  • American revolution ended

  • President Thomas Jefferson purchased the vast Louisiana Territory from France.

    President Thomas Jefferson purchased the vast Louisiana Territory from France.

  • Manifest Destiny

  • United States took control of texas

  • Mexico gave the United States a vast area that later formed all of California

  • United States and Great britain came to agreement

  • Congress made that easier by passing the Homestead Act

  • United States purchased Alaska from Russia for just over $7 million.

  • A huge reserve of silver turned them to nevada

  • gold and copper were found in alaska

  • hawaii becomes part of the USA

    they seized the government and requested that the United States annex Hawaii

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