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1805
Lewis and Clark expedition reaches Pacific -
Period: to
1805 Generation
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1807
Embargo act passed -
1810
Pacific Fur Company opens - Jacob Agfer -
1812
US declares war on GB, Indians under Tecumseh fight on British side -
1813
Tecumseh is killed in Battle of Thanes -
1814
Treaty of Ghent signed -
1817
Seminoles attack white settlers, possibly setting pretext -
1819
Kickapo Indian move west -
1821
Sugar Creeks first acquired formal government institutions when the Illinois legislature included it in the new county of Sangamon -
1829
Ceded land through Treaty of Prairie du chien, the tribes that ceded the land were the Ottawa, Chippewa, the Potawatomi -
1830
Blackhawk War, Abe Lincoln participated -
1830
First time we see women having more duties than just being a wife -
1830
Indian Removal Bill - congress to forcibly resettle Indian tribes to territory West of the Mississippi -
1831
Springfield harsh winter, many died -
1835
Seminole Indians fight 7 years to resist being removed -
1837
Women could get divorced in Sugar Creek - first divorce case -
1838
Trail of Tears -
1846
Mexican War begins -
1850
influx of birth of males -
1850
Compromise of 1850 by Henry Clay -
1862
Dakota War of 1862, conflict between the US and the Dakota Indians took place in Mankato -
1868
Abe Lincoln from Illinois was elected for President