MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Pioneers
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The British
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Native Americans
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privateers
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on a two-year journey to document the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. On the way to the Pacific, they collected information on plants, animals, and about some of the Native American nations living in the area.
Detailed explanation-2: -Western settlers of the 1800s included African Americans who were both former slaves and freeborn, Chinese Americans who moved to California with the railways, and Hispanic Americans who were given the chance to become American citizens after the Mexican-American war.
Detailed explanation-3: -European arrival (1513–1750) In 1513, Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to reach the west coast of North America, on the Pacific coast of the Panama isthmus.
Detailed explanation-4: -Approximately 500, 000 people made the journey on foot, in covered wagon trains, or on horseback on the Oregon Trail and two other famous trails: the California Trail and the Mormon Trail.