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Westward Expansion Timeline
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Cotton Gin
the modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney -
XYZ affair
Political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798 -
Loiusianna Purchase
approximately 828,000,000 square miles of terrritory from France. -
Adams-onus Treaty
florida purchase treaty was a treaty between the United states and spain in 1819 that ceded florida to the U.S.and defined the boundrary between the U.S and new Spain -
Missouri Compromise
the missouri compromise was an effort by congress to dufse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of missouri late in 1819 for slavery would be permitted -
Monroe Doctrine
was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domaination of the American continent in 1823 -
Indian Removal act/ trail or tears
the indain removal act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson -
The battle of Alamo
Pivotal event in the Texas Revolution -
Texas claims independance
Texas formally declared its independance from Mexico. it was signed at Washington on the Brazos referred as the "birthplace of Texas -
The battle of Alamo end
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Trail of tears
the cherokee people called this journey the Trail of Tears because of its devastating effects -
trail of tears end
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Invented Texas Annexed to U.S
the annexation of Texas the mexican American war and the treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo -
Mexican american War
a ware between the US and Mexico spanned the period from spring 1847 to fall 1847 the war -
agreement of 49th paraell
the Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement with Great Bitian that gave the U.S undisputed claim to the Pacific Northwest south of the 49th parallel. -
Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In September 1847 the Mexican government surrendered to the United States and entered into negotiations to end the war. -
California becomes a state
it become a state in Spetember 9, 1850 -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640 square mile region of sourthen arizona and sourthwestern new mexico -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
it was created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska by Democratic Senator Stephen A douglas of Illinois
