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Louisiana Purchase
The louisiana purchase was the acquisition of the louisiana territory by the US from France in 1803. The US paid France for the territory. -
Clermont Steamboat
The North River Steamboat or North River is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial, water transportation. -
Prophetstowm
Was the site of the battle of tippecanoe. -
Tecumseh
Was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during techumseh's war and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812. -
Spanish Cession
In 1819 a treaty was signed in which spain agreed to cede Florida to the United States. In return we agreed to pay 5 million dollors. -
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-centery transportation route through central North America that connected Missouri with New Mexico. -
Erie Canal
The Erie canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the new york state canal system. It was built to create a navigable water route from NYC and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a historic east-west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. -
Indian Removal Act
The indian removal act was passed by congress during the presidency of andrew jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern indian tribes to their removal and take over their land. -
Treaty of New Echota
Was a treaty signed by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party. -
The Alamo
The battle of the alamo was a pivotal event in the texas revolution. Mexican troops launched an assault on the Alamo Mission. -
Jim Bowie
Was a 19th century american pioneer, who played a prominent role in the texas revolution. -
First Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message. -
Texas Statehood
Texas became the 28th state of the united states. -
Oregon treaty
The oregon treaty is a treaty between the United Kindom and the United States that was signed in Washington D,C.The Treaty brought an end to the oregon boundry dispute -
Donner Party
The donner party was a group of American pioneers led by Geoge Donner and James Reed who set out for california in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps and mistakes. Some of the pioneers resorted to cannibalism to survive. -
Mexican Cession
The treaty recognized Texas as a US state, and ceded a large chunk of land to the United States for the cost of $15 million. -
Oregon Territory
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorperated territory of the United States that admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. -
California Statehood
California was settled from the North by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years. -
Gadsden purchase
Was purchased by the United States in a treaty singed by james gadsden who was the american ambassador to mexico, -
Seminole Wars
The Seminole wars also known as the Florida wars, were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminol and the United States Army. -
Civil War
Fought to determine the survival of the Union or Independence for the Confederacy, Among the 34 states January, seven southern slave states individually delcared their secession from the United States and fromedc dthe Confederate States of America. -
Alaska Purchase
The purchase was the United States' acquistion of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867. -
First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile railroad line constructed in the United States west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the eastern US. -
Golden Spike
The golden spike is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. -
Little Bighorn
The batlle of little bighorn was an armed engagement between combined forces of the lakota. -
Massacre at Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee massacre occured near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Reservation in the US state of south dakota. -
Arizona Statehood
Arizona is the 48th state and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union. -
Sutter's Mill
Sutter’s mill was located in coloma, california, at the bank of the South fork american river. Is most famous for it’s association with the California Gold Rush.
