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Western Timeline
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Daniel Boone (disscover of Kentucky)
He first arrived in the future state in 1767 and spent the better part of the next 30 years exploring and settling the lands of Kentucky, including carving out the Wilderness Road and building the settlement station of Boonesboro. -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
Revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
The louisiana Purchase
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 and Clark Expedition
Their journey near St. Louis, Missouri, Lewis and his expedition received assistance in their mission from many of the native peoples they met during their journey westward -
War of 1812
In the fall of 1811, Indiana’s territorial governor William Henry Harrison led U.S. troops to victory in the Battle of Tippecanoe. The defeat convinced many Indians in the Northwest Territory that they needed British support to prevent American settlers from pushing them further out of their lands, Meanwhile, by late 1811 the so-called “War Hawks” in Congress were putting more and more pressure on Madison, and on June 18, 1812, the president signed a declaration of war against Britain. -
the trail of tears
1836, the federal government drove the Creeks from their land for the last time: 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for Oklahoma did not survive the trip.
