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Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
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. -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
Speededup the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. The cotton gin was a very simple invention -
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 -
The lousiana purchace
A deal between the United states and France. It allowed the U.S. to get land 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. They were moving western. -
John Fremont (in California)
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. -
Texas Revolution
Colonist in the Mexican province of texas rebelled against the government. He was a Increasingly centralist Mexican. -
The Oregon Trail
A wheeled wagon route and imigrant trial that connected the Missouri River to Valeeys in Oregon. The first emigrants to make the trip were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman who made the trip in 1836 -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
Federal troops in to “escort” approximately 15,000 Cherokee people to their new home in Indian. One third of them died on the way. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for 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. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
The Donner Party
A group of American pioneers set out for California on a wagon trail. Being delyed, they spent the winter of 46-47 in Sierra Nevada -
The California gold rush
Gold was found by James Marshall. It was found at Sutter's Mill in Coloma California -
The battle of Little Bighorn
Fought near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. Federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
Happened near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux -
War of 1812
Lasted for two and a half years. Was fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies.
