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Daniel Boone
Boone iwas the most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky. -
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
This modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America! wooo -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
it was an American physician and missionary in the oregon country. Along with his wife narcissa, he started a mission to the cayuse in what is now southeastern Washington state -
The Louisiana Purchase
The land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for 15 million. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
it was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, from near st. Louis making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. -
War of 1812
The one of the sides was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the united states of america against the united kingdom of great britain and Ireland, its north american colonies, and its native american allies. -
John Fremont (in California)
it was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
The Cherokee weren't the only tribe forced off their ancestral lands by the United States government, the Chocktaws were moved west. -
Texas Revolution
it began when colonists in the mexican province of texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist mexican government. -
Manifest Destiny
it was was a widely held belief in the united Ssates that american settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
The Donner Party
it was a group of american pioneers led by George Donner and James Reed who set out for california in a wagon train -
The Mexican War
The war between u.s. and mexico, which spanned the period from the spring was initiated by the united states and resulted in mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north. -
The California Gold Rush
was a period in american history which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James Marshall -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
the commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
a near wounded knee creek on the lakota pine ridge indian reservation in the u.s. state of south dakota. -
The Oregon Trail
the historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the missouri river to valleys in oregon. Well in the trail
