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Westward Expansion Timeline

  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of  Rights
    The first 10 Amendments of the US was written on the Bill of Rights.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States from France in 1803.
  • Lewis and Clark Expiditiion

    Lewis and Clark Expiditiion
    They explored the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some other territories.
  • Florida Becomes a state

    Florida Becomes a state
    In 1845, Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America. The state was admitted as a slave state, although initially its population grew slowly.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.
  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    Mexican-American War, also called Mexican War, Spanish Guerra de 1847 or Guerra de Estados Unidos a Mexico (“War of the United States Against Mexico”)
  • Railroad Completed

    Railroad Completed
    People built the railroad for easier transportation.