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In 1803 the United State made the Louisana purchase. They bought a huge piece of land from France that made the U.S. way bigger.
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The Louis and Clark expedition departs to map the course of the pacific ocean.
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Congress passed a law to move Native Americans from the Southwest to the west of the Mississippi river, Which then led to the trail of tears.
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A group of Mexican troops attacked the Alamo mission and killed almost all of the people. Only two men survived.
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People started moving west in wagons on a trail that was later called the Oregon trail.
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America claimed texas as theirs which is how the Mexican-American war started.
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England signed the oregon treaty giving Oregon to the United States.
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After religious prosecutions a group of 5,000 Mormons moved to Salt Lake city being led by a man named Brigham Young.
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Mexico and America fight over Texas ever since America caimed it as their own.
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Gold is discovered in California. More than 80,000 people move to California to look for gold.
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James Marshall discovered gold at Sutters Mill. Shortly after a lot of people headed that way to strike it rich.
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the first productive oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake.
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Mail started being delivered by horse. They would have to travel miles to deliver it to.
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The first telegraph was invented. Because of this, the Pony express ended.
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The U.S. agreed to help fund for a railroad going from Clifornia to Missouri.
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The Homestead Act was approved. Based on the familys size, it gave free farms to families,
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Was dedicated as the firs national ark by president Ulysses S. Grant.
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Farmers could now have something more advanced to keep their cattle from getting away from the farm.
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Gold is discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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Someone shot him while he was calmly playing poker in Deadwood, South Dakota
