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Tecumseh
Oct. 5 1813 -
Jim Bowie
March 6 1836 -
Louisiana Purchase
It was a land deal between the United States and France. -
Clermont Steamboat
Fulton's Folly, but called clermont because of where it came from, had it's first run on August 17, 1807 -
Prophetstown
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Seminole Wars
Was also known as the Flordia Wars. There were three of them from the years 1817-1858 -
Spanish Cession
Also known as the Flordia treaty, ceded Flordia over to the U.S. from Spain. -
Santa Fe Trail
It was an international commercial highway for traders. -
Erie Canal Opens
It is a 425 mile canal and took 2 years of digging to complete it. -
Indian Removal Act
On May 28, 1830 the removal act was passed by congress, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Treaty of New Echota
Ceding Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation -
The Alamo
The defenders held up for 13 days and the final assault came before day break on the morning of March 6, 1836 -
Trail of Tears
Was apart of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy and over 4,000 of 15,000 had died on the painful trip. It lasted a whole year. -
Oregon Trail
A 2,200 mile east-west trail served as a critical transportation route for emigrants traveling from Missouri to Oregon and other places. -
First Telegraph
The first telegraph sent by inventor Sameul F. B. Morse on that day. -
Texas Statehood
The day that Texas became the 28th official state. -
The Donner Party
A group of some 90 emigrants, led by Jacob and Geroge Donner left Springfield, Illinois in the spring of 1846. They tried taking a short cut to get to California but ended up snowbound in the Seirra Mountains and turned to cannibalism. Only half made it. -
Oregon Treaty
Set the U.S. at the 49th parrallel, with the exception of Vancouver Island. -
Sutter's Mill
Gold was discovered there and it was involved in the California Gold Rush -
Mexican Cession
The treaty recognized Texas as a U.S. state, and ceded a large chunk of land — about half the area that belonged to the Mexican republic — to the United States for the cost of $15 million. The Mexican Cession included land that would later become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as portions of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. -
Oregon Territory
An organized incorporated territory. exsisted from the above date until Feb. 14, 1859 -
California Statehood
The day that California became the 31st state -
Gadsden Purchase
29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty -
Civil War
It last until May 9 1865. The American Civil War was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy -
Alaska Purchased
The day alaska was purchased. -
First transcontinental railroad
It was completed on May 10, 1869. -
Golden Spike
s the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. -
Little Big Horn
It lasted until the 26 of June 1876. It was a last effort for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian to preserve their way of life. -
Massacre at wounded knee
The Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers were camped on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek, but were surrounded by U.S troops who were supposed to arrest Big Foot and disarm his men. -
Arizona Statehood
It became the 48th state on this day.
