Western Expansion Timeline

By JackieHaley
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    Daniel Boone

    Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman and frontiersman. Boone is most famous for his exploration for Kentucky.
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    Eli Whitney

    Whitney was an American inventor and best known for creating the cotton gin.
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    Marcus Whitman

    A physician and missionary in Oregon. He started a mission to the Cayuse in what is now southeastern Washington state in 1836.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    A land deal between the United States and France. The US acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of West of the Mississippi River.

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The first American Expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States.
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    Narcissa Whitman

    An American missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with Eliza Hart Spalding, she was the first European-American woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1836

  • War of 1812

    Military conflict that was fought between the United States and United Kingdom and it's North American colonies and it's Native American Allies
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    John Fremont

    Fremont was the first candidate of the anti slavery Republican Party.

  • Oregon Trail

    2,170 mile large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.

  • Texas Revolution

    The Texas Revolution started with the battle of Gonzales in October 1835 and finished with the clash of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836; yet there were prior conflicts between authority strengths and gatherings of colonists

  • Indian Removal/Trail of Tears

    An agreement signed of the indian removal act

  • Manifest Destiny

    A belief that the settlers were destined to expand across North America.

  • The Mexican War

    An armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848.

  • The Donner Party

    A group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train in May 1846.

  • The California Gold Rush

    James Wilson Marshall discovered gold flakes, and tried to keep it a secret.

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)

    They gathered in Montana to fight for their land.

  • The Massacre at Wounded Knee

    Two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government.