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Daniel Boone
In 1769, Boone led an expedition and discovered a trail to the far west though the Cumberland Gap. In 1775, he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky. Born 11/26/1734
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Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney. -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
They played an important role of Oregon trail that left a bad legacy between whites and Indians . -
The Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, doubling the size of the republic. -
War of 1812
n the War of 1812, 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. -
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John Fremont
He was one of four major generals appointed by President Linclon. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
Nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acers of lnad in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carloina, and Florida there ancestors have occupid and cultivated for generations. After the decade, very few natives remaind anywhere in the Southeren U.S. -
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Texas Revolution
It began when colonist in the Mexican provience of Texas rebelled agaginst the government. -
The Oregon Trail
It could only be traveled by horse or on foot. -
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. -
The Donner Party
It was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train. The were stuck in the snow with nothing to eat and resulted in the doing cannobolism. -
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The Mexican War
It was the war agaginst the U.S. and Mexico that began in the Spring of 1846 and lasted until the fall of 1847. It was started by the U.S. and resulted in Mexico deating and the loss of half its national territory in the North. -
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The California Gold Rush
James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn was fought by the Little Bighorn River in Montana -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
Sioux chief Big Foot andn350 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. It was near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
President Thomas Jefferson guided a splendid piece of foreign diplomacy through the U.S. Senate. The purchase of Louisiana territory from France. After the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initiated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond the "great rock mountains" in the West.
