American West Topic 1 Key Dates

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Permanent Indian Frontier set up

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1843

First settlers arrive in Oregon encouraged by government legislation

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1844

Mormon persecution in Nauvoo

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1846

Donner Party head west but meet with disaster and death. Mormons travel to the Great Salt Lake having been driven out of Nauvoo

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1848

Gold discovered in California

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1850s

First homesteaders move to the Plains

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1851

Indian Appropriations Act (Feb), Fort Laramie Treaty (1) (Sep)

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1858-59

Gold discovered in the Pike Peaks region of the Rocky Mountains

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1859

Gold mines opened in Colorado and Nevada

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1861

Start of the American Civil War between North and South America

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1862

Homestead Act. Little Crow's War. Pacific Railway Act passed and work begins on the transcontinental railway

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First settlers arrive in Oregon encouraged by government legislation

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1843

Card 3

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Mormon persecution in Nauvoo

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Card 4

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Donner Party head west but meet with disaster and death. Mormons travel to the Great Salt Lake having been driven out of Nauvoo

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Card 5

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Gold discovered in California

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American West Topic 1 Key Dates