Western Timeline

By Lyric_Washington

  • The birth of Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone is one of the most widely known American frontiersmen. Boone’s fame stems from his exploits during the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.

  • 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.

  • The start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

    lewis picked as commander of expedition. Writers ask William Clark to join him and share command.

  • Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin

    The Cotton Gin made cotton easier to process.

  • John Fremont

    He was a 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.

  • Conclusion of the 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 Act of Tears

    Approximately 4000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the Trail of Tears. President Andrew Jackson outlined his Indian removal policy in his Second Annual Message to Congress

  • The Texas Revolution

    was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists

  • Manifest Destiny

    O'Sullivan wrote in favor of the US annexing Texas a region that the US recognized as independent of any other nation. It was also the first used by journalist John O'Sullivan in the New York Democratic Review in 1845.

  • The Mexican War

    it marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.

  • The Donner Patry

    a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train.

  • California Gold Rush

    a foreman working for Sacramento pioneer found shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill Marshall was building for Sutter on the American River.

  • The Orgeon Trail

    In 1850, 55,000 pioneers rolled westward by wagon train. Contrary to Hollywood depictions, most of the pioneers walked wagons were used primarily for carrying supplies.