Timeline
America's Louisiana Purchase: Noble Bargain, Difficult Journey
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| 1682 | • LaSalle claims the lands drained by the Mississippi River for France
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| 1756-1763 | • French and Indian War Death of General Wolfe #3g02134u (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1762 | • France cedes Louisiana Territory to Spain | |
| 1776 | • American Revolution begins George Washington and the French 3g03359u (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1783 | • Treaty of Paris (Gives America new lands) | |
| 1789 | • French Revolution begins The Storming of the Tuileries Palace, August, 1792 (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 1795 | • America receives right of deposit in New Orleans |
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| 1800 | • Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso • France takes Louisiana Territory back from Spain |
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| 1802 | • Slave Revolt on the Island of Saint Domingue |
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| 1803-1806 | • Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition Lewis and Clark Buffalo Scene (Courtesy of Kathy Dickson) Lewis and Bear (Courtesy of Kathy Dickson) |
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| 1803 | • Louisiana Purchase France sells Louisiana Territory to America (Courtesy of U. S. Capitol Historical Society) |
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| 1811 | • America's largest Slave Revolt near New Orleans |
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| 1812 | • War of 1812 between America and Great Britain begins 1812 Jackson fighting on River #3g06878v (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1815 | • Battle of New Orleans (America fights Great Britain) Jackson on Hill #3f03796v (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1818 | • British Cession of parts of Minnesota and North Dakota Perry's Victory #3g06893v (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1819 | • Adams Onis Treaty • America buys East and West Florida from Spain |
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| 1820 | • Missouri Compromise Forcing Slavery down the throat of a Freesoiler #3b38367u (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1821 | • Monroe Doctrine Monroe Doctrine (Courtesy of U. S. Capitol Historical Society) |
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| 1845 | • Annexation of Texas • Manifest Destiny (1845-- Symbolic of America's Westward movement) Manifest Destiny #09855u (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1846 | • America obtains Oregon Territory from Great Britain via treaty Truce between U. S. and Great Britain #3f05745v (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1848 | • Mexican Cession - (America gains territory which would become AZ, CA, NV, NM, CO, WY) from Mexico - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo America Conquers Mexico #3g09950u (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1841-1869 | • Oregon Trail Wagon Train - Image SCBL_275 by William Henry Jackson (Courtesy of Scott's Bluff National Monument, U. S. National Park Service) |
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| 1861-1865 | • Civil War Begins Abraham Lincoln #00052r (Courtesy of U. S. Library of Congress) |
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| 1862 | • Homestead Act of 1862 signed by Abraham Lincoln |
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| 1869 | • First Transcontinental Railroad completed Golden Spike (Courtesy of U. S. Capitol Historical Society) |
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| States | • Years when each state of the Louisiana Territory came into the union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Territorial-acquisition-uscensus-bureau.jpg |
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