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Ch. 13 Manifest Destiny (1818-1853)

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Lesson 1 The Oregon Country

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Rivalry in the Northwest

• Oregon Country claimed by 4 countries
• United States
• Great Britain
• Spain
• Russia

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Adams-Onis Treaty

• 1819 Spain gives up FL, claims to Oregon
• 1824 Russia gives up its claim to land south of
  Alaska
• Britain U.S. joint occupation of Oregon

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Mountain Men in Oregon

• American Fur Company Oregon Countrys leading
  fur company (beaver pelts)
• Over time, some mountain men moved to Oregon
  settled on farms
• Others carve out passages, guide settlers west
• Oregon Trail, California Trail, Santa Fe Trail,
  etc.

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Oregon and Manifest Destiny

• Marcus Narcissa missionaries, built a mission
  among the Cayuse people in present-day Washington
• Measles epidemic kills many Cayuse children
• Cayuse blame the Whitmans
• 1847 Cayuse kill the Whitmans 11 others
• Massacre does not scare away other emigrants in
  their prairie schooners

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Oregon and Manifest Destiny (cont.)

• It is Americas Manifest Destiny to overspread
  and to possess the whole of the continent which
  Providence has given us.
• 1844 presidential election
• James Polk (Democrat) Fifty-Four Forty or
  Fight
• Polk wins, becomes 11th president (1845-1849)
• 1846 U.S. and Britain compromise
• Oregons northern border set at 49 N latitude

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Lesson 2 Statehood for Florida and Texas

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Florida

• Floridians vote to seek statehood
• 1839 FL constitution sent to U.S. Congress for
  approval
• Allowed slavery (problem)
• Called for a system of public schools
• 1845 FL becomes slave state (27th state) Iowa
  becomes free state

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Texas

• 1821 Mexico wins independence from Spain,
  includes Texas
• Texas small population (mainly Native Americans
  Tejanos)
• Mexicans offer land to people who would bring
  families to settle there
• Americans go, supposed to become Mexican
  citizens
• Outnumber Mexicans
• Tejanos break Mexicans rules
• Dont learn Spanish
• Dont become Catholic
• Use slaves

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Texas (cont.)

• 1830 Mexico issues decree
• Closes borders to further immigration
• Texans break away from Mexico?
• 1835 Mexican General Santa Anna leads army into
  Texas

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The Alamo

• Feb 1836 180 Texans barricade themselves inside
  the Alamo
• Leaders Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, Jim
  Bowie
• Hold off Mexicans for 13 days
• March 6 Mexicans enter Alamo, kill all rebels
  (exc. a few women, children servants)
• Remember the Alamo!

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Texas Declares its Independence

• March 2, 1836 Republic of Texas established
• April 21, 1836 Sam Houston surprises Mexicans at
  Battle of San Jacinto, killing or capturing
  almost everyone
• May 14, 1836 Santa Anna signs treaty recognizing
  Texan independence
• September 1836 Sam Houston elected as president
  of Texas
• Wants U.S. to annex Texas
• Jackson refuses (not another slave state)
• 1845 Polk annexes Texas

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Quiz Topics

• Countries that claimed Oregon Country
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Joint occupation
• Marcus Narcissa Whitman
• Mountain men
• Why Florida was allowed to become a state
• Why Americans moved to Texas
• The Alamo
• Battle of San Jacinto
• Why some people did not want Florida or Texas to
  become states