Westward Expansion

  • Western Ordinance

    Western Ordinance
    The United States pass a law that stated the expansion to the western unsettled area.
  • Lousiana Purchase Refused by French

    Lousiana Purchase Refused by French
    President Thomas Jefferson's $15 million payment was refused my the French Governement. Settlers still traveled against the law.
  • First Settlement Community in French Territory

    First Settlement Community in French Territory
    First American settlement in French territory. The settlers made an agreement with the Native Americans to not turn them into the French Government if they stayed out of their communities.
  • Pathway Treaty

    Pathway Treaty
    Native Americans create treaty for settlers to sign, keeping them off of tribal grounds
  • Battle of The Burial Gound

    Battle of The Burial Gound
    Sioux tribe attacks large groups of settlers on religous burial grounds, attempting to draw them away from their land. Tribe lost the battle and the settlers continued to travel on French land through Native communities.
  • Settler's Last Battle

    Settler's Last Battle
    Native American tribes joined together to attack all settlers on their land. Fight lasted five days. Native Americans won and settlers retreated to the colonies.
  • Western Land Now Native American Owned

    The French rewarded the Native Americans for defeating the Americans by signing over all French Territory on the Continent of North America