chapter 13 puppet plays
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Chapter 13 Puppet Plays. Topics. Section 1: Oregon Country . Section 2: Republic of Texas. Section 3: Oregon Country . Section 4: Oregon Country . Section 5: Oregon Country . Section 1: Oregon Country. Section 1 : Oregon Country. Rocky Mountains . Idaho. Oregon. Washington. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 13Puppet Plays
Section 1:Oregon Country
Section 2:Republic of Texas
Section 3:Oregon Country
Section 4: Oregon Country
Section 5: Oregon Country
Topics
Section 1: Oregon Country
Section 1: Oregon Country
Rocky Mountains
Oregon Washington IdahoWyoming Montana West. Canada
Varied along Pacific Coast, the soil is fertile.
Temperatures are mild year round, rain is plentiful.
UnitedStates Great Britain Spain Russia
A) Great Britain & America
B) Agreeing to equal rights in Oregon
Mountain Men
Led settler across Rockies in present day Wyoming. Led
through the South Pass. An African American escaped
slavery. Discovered a pass through the Sierra Nevadas.
Missionaries
Planned to convert NA to Christianity
Wanting others to join, they helped stir interest
Spread disease, a measles epidemic hit
the Cayuse
Oregon TrailIndependence
Risk of drowning as the settlers crossed rivers of their expedition.
Weather: Heat on the plains, storms, and snow in mountains.
The spread of disease such as Cholera
Section 2: The Republic of
Texas
Texas FarmersStephenAustin
A) 1830 Mexico stopped Americans rom settling in Texas
B) Mexico Began enforcing Laws that Texans disagreed with
AlamoWeapons, Food
Water, Medicine
1506,000
1801,500
VolunteersSam Houston
San JacintoTreaty
Mexican Govt. refused the treaty signed by Santa Anna
Texas was nearly bankruptThe threat of attack
Section 3: California and the Southwest
California New Mexico NevadaArizona Utah Colorado
William Becknell
Native Americans
Roman Catholic
Overwork & DiseaseRanches
Try to Purchase California from Mexico
Manifest Destiny
James K. Polk's beliefs
Try to Purchase California from Mexico
Officials wanted California Ports
Spread of expansion beliefs, took lands from
NA & Mexicans
Added Texas and Oregon
Section 4: The Mexican
War
Wanted to avoid conflict with Britain. Divide at 49
degrees North.Senate refused to ratify
the treaty of Texas independence.
Mexicans Border
Rio GrandeNueces
Congress
Mexico had to cede (give up) all of California and New Mexico for $15
million from the United States
Brought ideas of democracy
Newcomers treated Native Americans and Mexicans unjustly.
Mexican Americans taught them how to mine and irrigate crops
Section 5: Americans Rush West
Mormons
Joseph Smith
Owning Property in CommonMen could have more than
one wife
Refuge
Brigham Young UtahSutter’s Mill
80,000 people moved to California in 1849
Many People went broke Increase in Crime
California is admitted into the Union in 1850
A) People from all over world moved to California
B) Mexicans and NA lost land their families had owned
C) Chinese immigrants faced prejudices in California
D) Richest African American Population of any State
E) African Americans faced discriminations, a free state.