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The treaty of Holston was a treaty between the United States government and the Cherokee .
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United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, therefore doubling the size of young America
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western part of the united states
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The United States declared war on Great Britain on June 18th, 1812, signifying the beginning of the War of 1812.
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Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to "clear" the Mississippi Territory for American settlement.
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The War of 1812 ended when the Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed by the British and the United States on December 24th, 1814
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American combatants, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army, Royal Marines and a large Royal Navy fleet, commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans as a strategic tool to end the war.
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The region of western Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky was ceded to the United States by the Chickasaw Peoples
