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Westarn Expansion
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisisana Purchase was Thomas Jeffersons best accomplishment, where he purchased over 828,000 square miles, for 15 million dollars, purchasing the land for about 3 cents per page -
The War of 1812
British forces raided the Chesapeake Bay and moved in on the U.S. capital, capturing Washington, D.C., on August 24, 1814, and burning government buildings including the Capitol and the White House. -
Missouri compromise
James monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, admitting Maine as a free state, and Missouri a slave state -
Oregon Trail
Large scale migration occured in the middle of 1843, traveling west. -
California Gold Rush
The first flakes of gold are found near Sutter Mills, California by a man named James W. Marshall -
Mexican American war
The treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo ended the mexican american war, signed by the Mexicans.
