Documents in Year 1821
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Links of Interest:
James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President
(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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