AMERICAN EXPANSIONHonors American History

Parts of Chapters- 11, 12, 13, 17,and 18

LOUISIANA PURCHASEChapter 11- Pages 220-224

• Secret treaty of 1800- Napoleon gains Louisiana from Spain 1802- America looses the Right of

Deposit in New Orleans American calls for war against

France begins- (Read Page 221)• Jefferson Avoids War-

1803- Sends James Monroe to Paris

Authorized to spend up to $10 Million on the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas.

If talks with France fail, Monroe was instructed to open up military talks with Britain

LOUISIANA PURCHASEChapter 11- Pages 220-224

• Napoleon decides to sell Louisiana• Slave revolt in Santa Domingo (Haiti)• Toussaint L’ Overture and Yellow Fever• France fears an alliance between

Britain and America- (Read Page 221)

• Jefferson’s Inner Debate• STRICT vs LOOSE

• Effects of the Louisiana Purchase• Avoided war with Spain and/or France• Avoided an entangling alliance with

Britain• Secured the western half to the richest

river valley in the world• POWER• Established precedents for future

expansion• Removed the European threat from the

west.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION – Pages 222-224

MANIFEST DESTINY

BRITISH CESSION & FLORIDAPages 251-252

• TREATY OF 1818- BRITAIN• Share Newfoundland fishing areas.• Fixed the Northern border at the

49th Parallel• 10 Year joint occupation of Oregon

• FLORIDA• 1810- Claimed Western Florida• 1812- Seized Mobile region of

Florida• Read- Jackson in Florida (pg. 251)

• FLORIDA- PURCHASE OF 1819• Spain ceded Florida• Established western borders of the

Louisiana Purchase

TEXAS INDEPENDENCEPages- 275-280

• 1821- Mexican Independence from Spain• 1823- Stephan Austin acquires a huge land grant from

Mexico in an area known as Texas.• Bring 300 families to settle area of Eastern Texas• Convert to Catholicism and become Mexican citizens• 1830- Mexico abolished slavery

• 1835- 30,000 Texas/Americans living in Eastern Texas- Read pages 275-276

• 1833- Stephan Austin jailed• 1835- Santa Anna- President of Mexico- wiped out all

local rights and started to raise an army• Lone Star Rebellion- Pages 276-280• Should America annex Mexico

LONE STAR REPUBLIC

• 1836-1844- Texas had a precarious existence• Mexico- Refused to recognize Texas Independence.

Regarded the Lone Star republic as a province in revolt• Mexico- Threatened war with America if America annexed

Texas• Texas- Forced to maintain a costly military. Never knew when

Mexico would strike.• Texas- Negotiations with Britain and France for military help-

(page 375)

1844- EXPANSION AND ANNEXATION BECAME A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

1845- TEXAS WAS FROMALLY INVITED TO BECOME THE 28TH STATE. (Read Page 374)

OREGON COUNTRYPages 375-389

• A huge tract of land along the Pacific Coast claimed by Spain, Great Britain, Russia and the U.S.• 1819- Spain dropped out- Florida

Treaty• 1825- Russia withdrew to the 54-40

Line• British claims to the Oregon

Country was strong- Discovery and Settlement

• American claims were equally as strong- especially settlement

• 1840s, American settlement in Oregon grew- (Oregon Trail)- Read page 378

• 1846 Treaty with Britain- 49th Parallel

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR• READ MISUNDERSTANDING IN

MEXICO- Pages 381-382• Nueces vs The Rio Grande- NO

MAN’S LAND• 1846-Polk ordered 4,000 US troops

into the area between the two rivers

• Prepared to declare war- Unpaid Claims and Slidell Rejection.

• 1846- Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande into NO MAN’S LAND

• Conflict occurred- 16 were killed or wounded

• Polk’s War Message- AMERICAN BLOOD ON AMERICAN SOIL

• Congress Voted for War- Page 382

• 1846- FIGHTING THE WAR• Kearney- John C. Fremont- Zachary

Taylor- Winfield SCott

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR• TREATY OF GUADALUPE

HILDAGO• Feb. 2nd, 1848

• American gained all of Texas!• Land of the Mexican Cession-

Including California• Anti- Slavery people were

against it• Pro Expansionists- wanted

more- All of Mexico- Pro Slavery

• Read Profit and loss in Mexico• Gadsden Purchase 1853- Page

405

AMERICA- 1853