Event Timeline of “Westward Movement” in American History
1775
1790
1800
1801
1803
1804
1806
1811
1812
1817
1821
1823
1829
1834
1836
1838
1840
1849
1847
1853
Daniel Boone settles Kentucky
1st Industrial Revolution begins ( 1st factory built, steam engine, wide use
of railroads, National Road, Erie Canal)
Settlers move as far west as the Mississippi R.
Thomas Jefferson becomes 3rd president
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark expedition
Zebulan Pike as a trailblazer
Work begins on National Road
War of 1812
work begins on Erie Canal
colonist begin to settle Texas
Monroe Doctrine
Andrew Jackson
Oregon Trail and other famous trails are widely used to move west “go
west young man”
Texas declares independence from Mexico (Alamo)
Trail of Tears
Brigham Young - Utah - Mormon Trail
California Gold Rush
Mexican-American War
Manifest Destiny is reached “sea to shining sea”