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Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
He 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. -
Eli Whitney Invented Cotton Gin
Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin on March 14, 1794, but it was not validated until 1807. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Their mission was to explore the unknown territory, establish trade with the Natives and affirm the sovereignty of the United States in the region. -
War of 1812
It was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
It was the Native American who suffered most from Andrew Jackson's vision of America. Jackson, both as a military leader and as President, pursued a policy of removing Indian Tribesfrom their Ancestral Lands. -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution began with the battle of Gonzales in October 1835 and ended with the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman begin their journey to the Northwest, one day after their wedding, on February 19, 1836. -
Manifest Destiny
It was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
The Oregon Trail
It is a 2,200-mile historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. -
The Mexican War
This is a war that was also known as the Mexican American War. -
The Donner Party
This was sometimes called the "Donner-Reed Party" and it was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. -
The California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. -
John Fremont (in California)
He 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.
