Destiney

Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Timeline

  • Period: to

    Tecumseh-Birth and Death

    (Birth day unknown)
  • Period: to

    Jim Bowie-Birth and Death

    (Day of birth unknown)
  • Louisiana Purchase-Acquired

    Louisiana Purchase-Acquired
  • Clermont Steamboat-Built

    Clermont Steamboat-Built
  • Period: to

    Seminole Wars-Began and Ended

    (Day and month of the beginning and ending is unknown)
  • Spanish Cession-Acquired

    Spanish Cession-Acquired
    (Day and month are unknown)
  • Santa Fe Trail-Used

    Santa Fe Trail-Used
    (Day and month unknown)
  • Erie Canal-Opens

    Erie Canal-Opens
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota
  • Oregon Trail-Used

    Oregon Trail-Used
    (Day and moth unknown)
  • Period: to

    The Alamo-Begin and Ended

  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
  • First Telegraph

    First Telegraph
  • Texas Statehood-Created

    Texas Statehood-Created
  • Donner Party

    Donner Party
  • Oregon Treaty-Signed

    Oregon Treaty-Signed
  • Sutter’s Mill-January 24, 1848

    Sutter’s Mill-January 24, 1848
  • Mexican Cession-Acquired

    Mexican Cession-Acquired
    (Day unknown)
  • Oregon Territory-Acquired

    Oregon Territory-Acquired
  • California Statehood-Created

    California Statehood-Created
  • Gadsden Purchase-Acquired

    Gadsden Purchase-Acquired
  • Period: to

    Civil War-Begin and Ended

  • Alaska Purchased

    Alaska Purchased
  • First Transcontinental Railroad

    First Transcontinental Railroad
  • Golden Spike

    Golden Spike
  • Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn
    Ended 26 June
  • Massacre at Wounded Knee

    Massacre at Wounded Knee
  • Arizona Statehood-Created

    Arizona Statehood-Created