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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. -
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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Americans bought the land for $15 million. The U.S was increased by 828,000 miles. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from June 1812 to February 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom. -
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John Fremont
John Charles Frémont or Fremont was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
Many Natives were forced by the U.S government to move to east territory that was west of the Mississippi River. The Indian Removal Act gave the government power to move them. -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was the military conflict between the government of Mexico. -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Their goal was to teach the Indians the Gospel in the Presbyterian fashion and teach the art of civilization. They were massacred because the people they tried to vaccinate died despite their treatment. -
Manifest Destiny
Americans believed that people were destined to expand across North America. -
The Donner Party
89 emigrants went on a trail to California. They followed the wrong directions and ended up costing them 18 extra days to reach their destination. They ran into snow which trapped them in the wilderness in the cold weather. They ended up turning to Cannibalism to survive. Over half of the emigrants didn't make it to California that year. -
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The Mexican War
This was a war between the U.S and Mexico. It resulted in the Mexican territory extending westward by 500,000 miles. -
The California Gold Rush
People discovered gold in the Sacramento Valley, which sparked the Gold Rush. Thousands of gold miners traveled their to get gold. About $2 billion worth of gold was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush. -
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The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
Federal troops against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Custer's troops were outnumbered and were overwhelmed. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
The Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. The scene was tense. Trouble had been brewing for months. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a major route that people took migrating to the west. It was officially named the Oregon National Historic Trail in 1978. Date is not correct (can't find informations on internet),only year is correct.
