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Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
He directed colonists into the area of kentucky, and was the first person to lead them west. -
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to speed up the process of remvoing the seeds from the cotton fiber -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
They set out to cayuse(washigton state) and created a great trading post in this location. -
The louisiana purchase
The united States of Ameica bought land from France's claim -
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Lewis and Clark expedition
It was a long journey and they were the first people to set arcoss the united states -
War of 1812
It was a war that lasted 2 1/2 years between the united states and the united kingdom of great britain -
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John Fremont (in california)
John Fremont was an explorer and he discovered what is know known as california -
Indian Removal/ Trail of Tears
They moved all indian tribes to the southern parts of the united states for the indians homeland. The trial of tears is what they called this. -
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Texas Revoultion
It was a conflict between two governments and they are mexico and texas, at the end it made the republic of texas -
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The Oregon Trial
This was a mjor route that allowed people to migrate to the western part of the united states, a lot of people used the oregon trial -
The Donner Party
It was a journey that people set out to california and would result in one of the greatest tragedies in history -
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Mexican War
It was a war fought between the united states and the republic of mexico -
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The california Gold Rush
James Marshall found gold while constructing a saw mill that was along the american river -
Manifest Destiny
It was the United States destiny to make the territory larger over all of north america and spread the political and social and economic influences
