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Daniel Boone
he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky, but faced Indian resistance -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
It is a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
The Louisiana Purchase
It 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 and Clark Expedition
was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. -
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
is a name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. -
Manifest Destiny
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 who set out for California in a wagon train. -
The Mexican War
was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
The first wagon train of immigrants assembled in Missouri and went to Walla Walla in the spring of 1843. It is disputed whether Dr. Whitman had a hand in gathering that wagon train -
John Fremont
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. -
The California Gold Rush
when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
