Westward Ho!
This lesson studies early United States territorial expansion and
examines how westward movement of the pioneers affected the American Indians. Duncan and
his father visit the Cumberland Gap and learn about people such as Daniel Boone and events
such as the Trail of Tears.
Describe the four main routes of settlement from the original
colonies to the Midwest.
The Erie Canal:
A Brief History
History of the Erie
Canal
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Taming
the Wildernes: Rivers, Roads, Canals and Railroads
Road
through the Wilderness: The Making of the National Road
National Road: Route 40
The Ohio River
System
Cumberland Gap National Historic
Park
The
Cumberland Gap in Claiborne County Tennessee
All Aboard for
Cumberland (National Register of Historic Places)
Delaware and LeHigh
National Heritage Corridor
What was life like for the settlers who moved west, and
the Native Americans who were displaced?
The Cherokee Nation
History
Trail of Tears National Historic
Trail
John
D. Burnett's Story of the Trail of Tears
Accounts
of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
(with timeline)
Daniel Boone
The Adventures
of Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone Homestead
The
Boone Collection: Paintings
Little House
on the Census(lesson plan)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Home and Museum
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Homestead Legacies
What were some of the events important to the growth of
the United States?
Boundaries of
the Contiguous United States
Territorial
Expansion of the U.S., 1783-1898 (interactive maps)
U.S. Territorial
Maps, 1775-1920 (color maps)
Northwest
Ordinance (scroll down to 1787)
National
Archives Exhibit: The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana
Purchase and Associated Documents from the Avalon Project
Fort Scott National Historic
Site
Key
Events of the Mexican-American War
U.S.-Mexican War
Homestead National Monument
of America (Homestead Act)
Africans
in America: Brotherly Love
Africans in
America: Westward Expansion
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