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westward expansion
Created by
Isabel Regina Dávila García
⟶ Updated 7 Oct 2018 ⟶
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Events
Daniel Boone explores Kentucky for the first time.
President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory forme France, making the US double it´s size.
Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean: Lewis and Clark map out areas of the Louisiana Purchase and reach the Pacific Ocean.
Indian Removal Act- Law to move the Native Americans from the ´southeast to the west of the Mississippi River.
Oregon Trail- People begin traveling west in this trail.
Manifest destiny- Journalist John O´Sullivan first uses the term "Manifest Destiny" to describe the westward expansion.
Texas becomes a U.S State.
Brigham Young Leads 5,000 Mormons to Utah- Mormons move to Salt Lake City.
Oregon Treaty- England sings the Oregon Treaty handing over the Oregon Territory to the US.
Around 90,000 "Forty-niners" move to California in search for gold.
The Pony Express starts sending mail.
First Transcontinental Telegraph line.
Pacific Railroad Act- railroad form California to Missouri.
Homestead Act- free land given to the first people to live in Oklahoma.
Transcontinental Road complete.
Yellowstone National Park.
Black hills Gold- Gold is discovered in South Dakota.
Barbed wire invented- wire to keep cattle from ranging free.
Wild Bill Hickok is shot and killed.
Battle of Little Bighorn
The U.S Government says that western lands have been explored.
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Mexican-American war.
