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The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.

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The Oregon Trail is the predominant symbol of American westward expansion in the Nineteenth Century, a period of Manifest Destiny when the nation realized its dream of stretching from ocean to ocean means for strengthening American claims on the Pacific Northwest.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ALAMO WAS TO DEPART FROM MEXICO AND THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

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James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw mill along the American River northeast of present- day Sacramento. The discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspapers in March but caused little stir as most did not believe the account. Sam Brannan, a storekeeper in Sutter's Creek, brandished a bottle filled with gold dust around San Francisco shouting 'Gold! Gold! Gold from American River!

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On any summer evening in July hundreds of emigrants could be found swarming all over Independence Rock, chiseling messages to others following behind. Many of the emigrants arrived here on the fourth of July, and that was cause for celebration. Pies were baked and revelry was shared. The landmark was a favorite resting place for travelers along the trail. Called the "Great Register of the Desert", more than 5,000 names of early emigrant were carved on this boulder.

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Chinook Point is a point in Pacific County, Washington. Captain Robert Gray was the first non-native to reach the Columbia River, and seen the river from Chinook point in 1749. His traveling for discovery gave U.S. a strong belief in its later territorial contests with Great Britain.

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Oregon Trail pioneers struggled West for free land and a better life; Mormon emigrant went West to escape religious persecution. White Americans took the land that Native Americans had taken from other Native Americans. Striving for a better life, religious persecution, and one people taken another peoples land are cornerstones of World History.

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