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U.S. negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million doubling the U.S. territory -
The Corps of Discovery embarks from Camp Dubois outside of St. Louis, Missouri, in a 55-foot keelboat to begin the westward journey up the Missouri Rive -
First black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule -
U.S. declared war on Britain over Britian's interference and prevetion of American shipping to Europe and over their interference of America's westward expansion -
Austin inherited 300 land grants and settled families near the Brazos and Colorado River. -
An act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. -
A tragic siege at the Alamo becomes a legendary battle in the Texas War for Independence. Texans held out for 13 days before being defeated and killed. -
Ireland experienced a massive food shortage when the potato crop has severe disease. Almost 1000 Irish died. -
Battle of Palo Alto, (May 8, 1846), was the first clash in the Mexican-American War, fought in the disputed territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers -
James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. This started the influx of people to begin the gold rush. -
April 12, 1861, rebels opened fire on Fort Sumter, at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.