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The louisiana purchase
Led by Lewis and Clark, to explore the territory acquired in the Louisiana purchase -
Lewis and clark expedition begins
Having started upstream on the Missouri river from there s.t Louis-area camp -
trail of tears start
the Cherokee Indians are forced to leave there lands east of the Mississippi river and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
calofornia goldrush begins
when gold was found by james .W. Marshall at Sutters mill in Coloma, calofornia -
kansas nebraska act
the Kansas Nebraska act was passed by the us congress -
Homestead act
Signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln, the homestead act encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land -
buffalo soilders formed
were members of the 10th calvery -
transcontinental railroad completed
the presidents of the union pacific and central pacific railroads meet in promonty -
cheif joseph surrenders to the us army
chief joseph says "hear me, my chiefs: my heart is sick and sad.From where the sun now stands, I will no more forever
