1820                 Documents in Year 1821                      1822

Links of Interest:

  • James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President

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    (1817-1825)

  • Statehood

    Missouri (24 of 50 States) Admitted 10 Aug 1821

  • Mexican Independence from Spain

    • leading to decline of Catholic missions in North America(west)
    Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996

  • Fur Trade

    • "In 1821...Hudson's Bay Company enjoyed a monopoly of the Indian trade from the coast of the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains... The Rocky Mountains formed a vast barrier between (Hudson's Bay Company) and the United States" (Irving 28-29). Source: Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. G.P. Putnam and Son, New York, 1868. Originally published in 1837.

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