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Westward Expansion
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The Louisiana Purchase
Napolean Bonaparte at first was not going to sell the Louisiana Territory but France started running out of money, so when Jefferson offered to buy New Orleans Napolean offered the whole Louisiana Territory for 15 million. That is 3 cents per acre. The Louisiana Territory doubled the current size of the U.S. -
Lewis and Clark started their expidetion west
Lewis and Clark were asked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Lousiana Purchase. When Lewis and Clark visited a native tribe Sacagawea as their guide. -
The Missori Comprimise
This compromise made it so every where in the U.S. above the 36th parrell would forever be slave free. The 36th parrell is about where the southern border of Missori is. -
Mexico declared Independence from Spain
In 1821 O'donoju signed the treaty of Cordoba, declaring the independence of Mexico from Spain. This is important because later the U.S. won the war against Mexico and gain the Alta California and the Santa Fe Nuevo Mexico territories which led to the California Gold Rush. -
Quincy beat Jackson in presidential election
Jackson a common southern boy felt the election was stolen from him because the people voted him but the rich white men from the House of Representatives voted Quincy. This was important because it later led to the Jackson becoming president and because he became president the Indian Removal act happened. -
Jackson beat Quincy in presidential election
Jackson campaigned that the country was being run by only the wealthy 1% of the population and he will run as the "People President" This was important because it later led to the Indian Removal act and the Trail of Tears. -
The Indian Removal Act was passed
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Andrew Jackson and he was known as an Indian fighter. One of the Indian tribe leaders saved Jackson's life in battle and still Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act. That tribe leader said if he knew this was going to happen he would have done things differnetly. -
The Batle of the Alamo started.
The Battle of the Alamo sarted because texans wanted freedom from Mexico and started rebelling against Mexico. Mexico soon surrounded San Antonio and began their seige of the Alamo. -
The Battle of the Alamo ended
The Battle of the Alamo lasted 13 days and at the end only 5 Texans survived. This is important because that later led to the U.S. getting Texas and moving farther westward. -
Texas declares Independence from Mexico
The Texans killed over half of the Mexican army in 18 minutes. Santa Anna, a mexican polititian, was forced to sign a treaty granting Texas it's freedom. It became the Lone Star Republic. -
First major Wagon Train head to Oregon on the Oregon Trail
The first major wagon train left from Elm Grove, Missori with Dr. Elliot White, a Presbyterian missionary, as their guide. This is important because it got more people to Oregon and also alot of people died on the trail. It was a very difficult trail to travel. -
President Polk was elected
Polk was elected President in 1844 after Andrew Jackson. He ran against Whig Henry Clay in a close vote. -
Texas becomes an official state of the U.S.
On December 29, 1845 the U.S. officially claimed texas a U.S. state. This later lead to the Mexican American War because the U.S. thought they could just pass a law allowing tem to take Mexico's land like they did with they Indians but the Mexicans didn't except this. -
The war with Mexico begins
The war with Mexico began because the U.S. thought they could just take Mexico's land and Mexico did not like that so they went to war over the Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico territories. -
The Oregon Territory officially became a part of the U.S.
Britain did not want to go to war so the U.S. and Britain made an agreement to split Oregon at the 49th parallel. This is important because it would later lead to the Oregon Trail and become modernday Oregon ans parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. -
The First Discovery of Gold in California
A carpenter named James Marhall was hired to build a sawmillfor John Sutter and discovered gold. -
End of the Mexican American War
The U.S. wanted to just take the land that Mexico owned so Mexico and the U.S. got into a war. The war ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. A couple days after the U.S. won the war they found gold. -
President Polk confirmed the gold discovery
When the news of the gold discovery reached the West they did not believe it, so President Polk addressed the Congress and confirmed the discovery. -
California becomes a state.
So many people came to California for the gold rush that California skipped the territorial state and immediatly became a state. -
The Gadsen Purchase
The Gadsen Purchase was a treaty between the U.S. and Mexico signed by James Gadsen for what would later be parts of Arizona and New Mexico. -
The Pony Express
The Pony Express was how people got letters to each other. People would give letters to the riders and they would ride their horse to a check point then get on another horse and do this 3 or 4 times then finally arrive at the destination. -
John Wesley Powell's Colorado River Expendition
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General Mining Act of 1872
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Blue Jeans were invented for gold miners
In 1873 blue jeans were made by Levi Strauss for gold miners because they were thick and warm.
