TEJAS, MEXICO, and

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TEJAS, MEXICO, and

• OREGON?

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WHY GO WEST?

• OPPORTUNITY

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WHY GO WEST? More Specific Reasons

• To make money on land speculating
• To own new farms
• To profit by making/selling goods to farmers
• To trade with Mexico (Santa Fe)
• To avoid paying debts (escape creditors)
• To have greater religious freedom (Escape
  persecution Mormons) (Mission Work)
  
• To search for gold (Forty-Niners)
• Forced to move by the Indian Removal Act
• Runaway slaves
• Hunt for beavers or furs (Early Mid-1800s)

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SOUTHWEST BACKGROUND

• Present-day TX, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico are under
  Spanish control.
  
• Santa Fe was a rich trading city that the
  Spanish closed to the Americans.

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SOUTHWEST BACKGROUND

• Camino Real (Royal Road) a major route lined
  with missions, forts, and haciendas.

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THE SOUTHWEST

• In 1821 Mexico gains independence.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1821

• Mexico opens Santa Fe to American trade
• Santa Fe Trail Route from Independence, MO to
  Santa Fe, Mexico (NM)
  
• William Becknell 1st American to bring a great
  deal of supplies to Santa Fe and make huge profit.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1821

• B. Mexico opens Texas to American settlement
• Stephen Austin feels Texas is good for cotton
  and cattle raising, so he makes a deal with the
  Mexican government.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1821

• The DEAL 300 American families each would get
  177 acres of farm land, 13,000 acres of pasture
  land, and be allowed self-rule.
  
• In return the families must learn Spanish and
  become Catholic.
  
• The families did not learn Spanish nor become
  Catholics. They also brought slavery which is
  illegal in Mexico and squatters came.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1832

• General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna becomes the
  Military Dictator of Mexico
  
• Closes Santa Fe to Americans
• No more self-rule for Texans to provoke a
  rebellion.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1836

• The Texans take the Alamo (Mexican fort)
• February 23rd Santa Anna attacks the Alamo with
  4,000 troops (vs. 200 inside)

• March 6th After 13 days, Santa Anna takes the
  Alamo killing/executing all Texans
  

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The Texan War Slogan

• Remember the Alamo!

• NOTE Sam Houston builds a readies an army in the
  13 days.

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THE SOUTHWEST in 1836

• April 21st Battle of San Jacinto
• Texans win and capture Santa Anna himself.
• Santa Anna is forced to grant Texas its
  independence.

• The Republic of Texas is nicknamed The Lone Star
  Republic
  

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Sam Houston wants President Jackson to annex Texas

• The US does not annex Texas (slave state),
  because it would cause political unbalance in the
  Senate.
  
• US does recognize Texas as an independent country
  and as a US ally.
  
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  (Prevents Santa Anna from attacking Texas)

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THE GREAT NORTHWEST

• THE OREGON COUNTRY

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OREGON BACKGROUND

• Present-day OR, WA, ID, and British Columbia
  (Canada).

• US and British made claims to the area.
  
  
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  (Russia also had
  made claims)
  

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THE OREGON COUNTRY

• 1840s Oregon Trail From Independence, MO to
  the Oregon Country.

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THE OREGON COUNTRY

• 1842 Webstar-Ashburn Treaty US and GB will
  rule Oregon together.

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OREGON COUNTRYWebster-Ashburn

• However, in reality
• Americans settled south of Columbia River.
• British were north of Pungent Sound.
• Present-day WA was settled by both.

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THE OREGON COUNTRY

• 1843 Americans in Oregon claim the entire
  territory for the US with war slogan 54 40 or
  Fight!
  
• By 1845 3,000 Americans have settled in Oregon.