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Daniel Boone (Kentucky)
Born in Exeter township, near Reading, on October 22. Sarah & Squire Boone's sixth child, Daniel, is born in their cabin on October 22. -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
Was invented in the United States of America -
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. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson guided a splendid piece of foreign diplomacy through the U.S. Senate: the purchase of Louisiana territory from France. -
The Oregon Trail
1811-1840 the Oregon Trail was laid down by traders and fur trappers. It could only be traveled by horseback or on foot. By the year 1836, the first of the migrant train of wagons was put together. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom. -
Texas Revolution
on April 21, 1836; but there were earlier clashes between official forces and groups of colonists, so that it is impossible to set dogmatic limits in speaking of military episodes alone, to say nothing of the development of social and political differences. -
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
was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train. -
John Fremont (in California)
These agitators declared California as the Bear Flag Republic in June 1846 and Frémont declared himself the U.S. commander in California and led the insurgents and his regulars in a campaign to neutralize all Mexican resistance. -
The Mexican War
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. -
The California Gold Rush
was a period in American History which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
On the morning of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
On the morning of December 29, 1890, 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. -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
the Whitmans headed West with another missionary couple.
