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Daniel Boone
was an American pioneer, explorer, 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. (Qouted from wikipedia) -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
The Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States (copied from google) -
John Fremont (in California)
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. -
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The Oregon Trail
historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. -
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War of 1812
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. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
There was no initiative from Jacksonian Democrats to include women in political life or to combat slavery. -
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Texas Revolution
Texas Revolution began with the battle of Gonzales iand ended with the battle of San Jacinto -
Manifest Destiny
widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Their mission was to teach the Indians the gospel in the Presbyterian fashion and teach them the “arts of civilization.” -
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The Mexican War
was a conflict betwwn the united states and the centralist republic of mexico -
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The Donner Party
A group of american pioneers who set out for california in a wagon train but, got delayed by a series of mishaps -
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The California Gold Rush
when James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River while constructing a sawmill for John Sutter, a Sacramento agriculturalist. ( http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html )
