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Frontier
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Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, the U.S. nearly doubled its size through a purchase in which the French were clearly not given a fair deal. But this land had to be explored, so thus began the frontier. -
Florida Purchase
Florida was purchased from the Spanish after many attacks in 1819. -
Winter Scene in Brooklyn
Winter Scene in Brooklyn was painted some time in 1820 by Thomas Moran. -
Texas Annexation
Texas is Annexed into the United States in 1845 -
Gold Rush
Gold rush starts, sending settlers West -
Green River, Wyoming
Green River, Wyoming was a painting by Thomas Moran that depicted what he imagined Western life to be like before settlers had arrive. It was finished some time in 1878 -
Closing the Frontier
A you historian delivered a speech saying the frontier was over. -
Trophies of the Hunt
Trophies of the Hunt, by Alexander Pope, was finished some time in 1905.
