Westward Expansion The route through the Rocky Mountains was called South Pass. It became known as the gateway to the West.

Kentucky & Daniel Boone• Cumberland Gap is the

mountain pass that was first a trail through the mountains into KY

• An Indian trail was widened for wagons & became known as the Wilderness Road

• Daniel Boone was an expert hunter and woodsman, and understood the Indians

• The 2nd settlement in KY was named Boonesborough in his honor

States Formedin the

Northwest Territory

Ohio 1803Indiana 1816Illinois 1818

Conestoga wagons were known as “prairie schooners” because they looked like ship sails from far away

The Catholic Church Spreads West

• The 2nd diocese in the U.S. was Bardstown, Kentucky

• Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget sent priests throughout the Ohio Valley

• Priests who traveled on horseback and celebrated Mass in homes & outdoors were called circuit riders

Father Demetrius Gallitzin was a famous circuit rider priest

The Southern Frontier

• Andrew Jackson defeated Seminole & Creek Indians in 1814 at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• The states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi were added from this territory

• Spain sold the Florida Territory to the U.S.