Westward Expansion Project
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- The Lousiana Purchase (1803)
- James Monroe: Mr. Jefferson would like to buy part of the Louisiana Territory.French Delegate: We might sell the whole Louisiana Territory for $15 million.
- Would this be ok or not? I have to discuss this with Napoleon.
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804)
- I hope this goes well.
- Indian Removal (1830)
- Curse the Americans.
- When France took control of the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson had sent James Monroe to work a deal with France. The leader of France which was Napoleon at the time gave another deal. He said he would sell the whole Louisiana Territory for $15 million! Monroe accepted the deal. The Louisiana Territory territory made the size of the U.S. double.
- The Alamo (1821)
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: Attack!
- Prepare to fight!
- When the Louisiana Territory was bought, we needed to know about it. So we sent an expedition to explore. Meriwether Lewis was selected as the captain and Lewis selected William Clark as the co-captain. The adventure began on May 14th, 1804. They met Sacagawea and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau in November. They joined the expedition as translators. They returned in the March of 1806.
- The Oregon Trail (1850)
- The Native Americans were forced to leave their land because the Americans did not want to live with the Indians. The passageway they walked on was named the Trail of Tears because of the Indians' sad feelings and how much they suffered. We signed a treaty with the tribe Lakota that they could live in the Black Hills. When we broke the treaty, the Lakota had a war with us called the Battle of Bighorn.
- The Gold Rush (1849)
- James Marshall: Oh my god. Is that gold.
- More Americans settled in Mexico and tensions rose. Americans wanted more say in the government. Then, Mexico made a law stopping any more Americans settling in Mexico. Texans decided to fight for independence. They formed the Republic of Texas. The President of Mexico was enraged when he got to know about the rebellion. His name was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. He sent soldiers to San Antonio, Texas where the Alamo was. The Alamo was a building where there were 184 Texians. They had a battle called the battle of the Alamo. Mexico won it. Later, another battle takes place where the Texians win. Texas even joins the U.S.
- The Oregon Trail is a pathway that starts from the east of the U.S. and ends at the west. The first people to settle into a region are pioneers. Some walked on the trail barefoot. Others went in wagons lead by cattle and oxen. Wagon Trains are groups of wagons traveling together. They are very long and have hundreds or thousands of people in them.
- James Marshal discovered gold in the American River in 1848. Emigrants traveled over a long trail called the California trail to get to California. There were many dangers on the trail. Some emigrants traveled to California by boat. They went around the tip of California.
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