US History Timeline

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  • Northwest Ordinance

    Established orderly settlements North-West of the River Ohio.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Land deal between the United States and France. The U.S paid $15 million for 827,000 square miles of large tracks of land west of the Mississippi.
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    Erie Canal

    Canal linking the waters of Lake Erie to the Hudson River.

  • Cumberland Road

    First major highway in the United States built by the federal government.

  • Indian Removal Act

    Law signed by President Andrew Jackson to be able to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian within existing state borders.

  • Texas Annexation

    Admitting Texas as the 28th state in the U.S.

  • Mormons in Utah

    Mormons begin moving due to persecution of religion.
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    California Gold Rush

    After James Marshall found small pieces of gold in the American River, people from all around the world came to look for riches.

  • Gadsden Purchase

    Treaty and agreement in which the United States payed $10 million for 29,670 square miles from Mexico.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    America's first steam-powered locomotive.