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Daniel Boone
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania
Died in St. Charles, Missouri
Established the Colony in Kentucky -
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Eli Whitney
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Marcus Whitman was an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with his wife, Narcissa, he started a mission to the Cayuse in what is now southeastern Washington state in 1836. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Oregon Trail
Used to help Fur Trappers and Traders -
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War of 1812
Great Britain VS America
the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future. American troops were able to repulse British invasions in New York, Baltimore and New Orleans, boosting national confidence and fostering a new spirit of patriotism. The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war -
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John Fremont
Born in Savannah Georgia
Died in New York City, New York
Fought in the American Civil War
Commander of the Western Armies
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Texas Revolution
Texas people Rebelled against the increasing Mexican Government in 1832, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, a Mexican politician and soldier, became the president of Mexico. Colonists hoped that he would make Texas a self-governing state within the Mexican republic. -
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Trail of Tears
Indians were taken from their homes -
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Manifest Destiny
the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
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Mexican VS America
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States -
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Donner Party
Pioneers decide to go on a road trip to the other side of America and they stop because of wagon trouble, and they made a hut and they were snowed on and they had to resort to Cannibalism. not good -
California Gold Rush
gold nuggets were found in the Sacramento Valley sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Tensions between the two groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American lands. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota,was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government.