Westward Ho

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Westward Ho!

• Chapter 12 Lesson 3

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Texas

• At the earliest European settlement, Spain had
  built missions and presidios throughout the land
  of Texas.
• Moses Austin and his son, Stephen, began
  colonizing southeastern Texas in 1821.
• Mexican leaders became worried that too many
  settlers were coming to Texas and passed a law
  under General Antonia López de Santan Annas
  leadership that Texas settlers had to obey
  Mexican laws and pay Mexicos taxes.

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Texas Revolution

• Texans attacked the town of San Antonia, angering
  General Santa Anna.
• Santa Anna ordered the Mexican army to attack the
  Spanish mission, the Alamo.
• Fighting lasted for 13 days with many American
  heroes, like Davy Crockett, being killed. The
  Texans were defeated.

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The Republic of Texas

• Texans created the Republic of Texas with David
  Burnet as president and Sam Houston as army
  commander.
• Shouts of remember the Alamo! inspired Texans
  to fight against the Mexicans at San Jacinto and
  capture Santa Anna.
• Texas was granted independence from Mexico and
  remained its own nation until 1845, when it
  became a state.

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Oregon

• In 1834, missionaries journeyed into Oregon
  Country in hopes to tech Christianity to the
  Indians.
• They wrote letters back telling of the fertile
  soil and green valleys, spurring other pioneers
  to follow.
• The journey to Oregon could take six months.
• In 1846, President Polk signed a treaty with
  Britain to set up a clear boundary on the 49th
  parallel between Oregon and Canada.

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Utah

• Under the leadership of Brigham Young, Mormons
  moved to the Utah territory in the 1840s.
• Before their move, Mormons disagreed with other
  settlers over their beliefs. An angry crowd
  killed Joseph Smith in 1844.
• Mormons settle in the Great Basin, the valley of
  the Great Salt Lake
• Settlers made the harsh land blossom with crops
  and soon the regions population grew.

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War with Mexico

• By 1847, settlers were in the territories of Utah
  and Texas and President Polk believed that all
  the lands west of Texas should belong to the U.S.
• In 1847, the U.S. invaded Mexico.
• In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was
  signed stating that the U.S. would purchase all
  of the western lands.

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California

• As James Marshall was building a waterwheel for
  John Sutters new sawmill, gold was discovered in
  the water.
• In a years time over 80,000 gold seekers stormed
  into California. They were called forty-niners,
  because they arrived in the year 1840.
• California filled quickly, and by 1850, it was a
  state.