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Daniel Boone
He blazed a trail west allowing access to the frontier. He and his wife setup a residence in kentucky. -
Eli Whitney
He invented the cotton gin -
Louisiana purchase
A land deal between the United States and France. United states acquired approximately 872,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi river for 15 million dollars. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
They were the first Americans to explore and cross the western part of the United States -
War of 1812
The United States and Great Britain fought over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. They ended with the exchange of the Treaty of Ghent -
Indian Removal and Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears resulted from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota, it was an agreement signed under the provisions Indian Removal act in 1830. It exchanged Indian land in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Oregon Trail
A big 2,170 mile trail. It went East to West.
