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On January 4th 1848 Marshall found specks of gold in his trench. Not long after the word got out about the gold being found, California's population increased rapidly and also attracted many minors. California became a state 2 years after the California gold rush started (1850).

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The Mexican American war started over disagreements that had been accumulating for 2 decades. The US force invaded Mexico and occupied the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. this war is also known as U.S-Mexican war/Mexican-American war, but a lot of people called this an attack on a weaker nation.

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The trail of tears name comes from the Cherokee Indian phrase “nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi”. The trail of tears forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their homelands in Northwestern Georgia.

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The Santa Fe trail is one of the longest commercial routes in the U.S in pre railroad era. It began in independence,Missouri, and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is about 780 miles. The route is divided into different trails for different destinations, but you had to be careful because the Indians made some trails dangerous.

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The Era of Good Feeling began 2 1/2 to 3 years after the War of 1812 and ended in 1824 during the divisive president campaign (James Madison just ended his last term).

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During the war of 1812 the British attacked against Washington D.C and British had victory.

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The war of 1812 was a conflict between the US and UK, fighting began with america invading British colonies. This war is also known as "war of faulty communication", during the war British burned the US capital and white house.

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Once Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase it increased economic resources for the U.S by opening the mid west and east for them to spread out and settle.

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Created the U.S boundaries and encourage expansion west into NW territories.

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Declaration of Independence          July 4, 1776

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Declaration of Independence          July 4, 1776

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U.S was now able to control it's own destiny and cross over orexpand west across the proclamation line.