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Northwest Ordinance
Gave the people rules for settlement because they didnt allow them to move past west of the App. mountains. -
Constitutional Convention
The constitution was apporved at the constitutional convention. -
Louiana purchase
Napoleon agrees to sell the Luisiana Territory to the United States for 15 million dollars. On April 30, 1803 the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. -
Mexico
Mexico get Independence from Spain and California was under Mexican control. Mexico and the Americans start to trade on the California coast. -
Erie Canal
Construction on the Erie Canal is completed and the canal opens. This artificial waterway connects New York City with the Great Lakes. Canal construction in the North and Northwest booms and revolutionizes trade and travel. -
Indian Removal Act
The United States decides to move the Indians off their land and to Oklahoma. -
Oregon Trail
The American people started to travel west. -
People depart independance
People depart Independence, Missouri, on the first emigrant wagon train headed for California. They arrive November 4th. -
Mexican Cession
Mexico decides to sell Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and parts of Colorado for 15 million dollars. -
Mexican and U.S. Treaty
The United States and Mexico sign a treaty and people living in Mexico (not including Native Americans) were allowed to have citizenship in the U.S. This fullfilled the vision of Manifest Denstiny because they were now one nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. -
Gold Rush
People found gold in California and everybody heard. Soon people from everywhere were going to see if they could find gold. -
Population Increase
During this decade a tidal wave of 2.5 million immigrants enter the united states including 66,000 chinese -
Civil War
Confederate forces fire on Fort Suter in Charleston, South carolina, unleashing civil war -
Homestead Act
This gave free farms to families, based on family size; the only requirement was residence for a fixed period of time. This prompted families on the east coast to surge westward in search of a better life. -
Pacific Railroa Act
Authorizes the central pacific union compaanies to build a transcontinental rail line. -
Alaska Purchase
United States purchased Alska from Russia -
Women Voting Rights
Wyoming becomes the first place in the United States where women have the right to vote.
