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Manifest Destiny
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In 1824, Russia surrenders claim to its land south of Alaska.
Secretary of State John Q Adams negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain in 1819
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U.S. negotiates joint occupation of the area with Britain! (Convention of 1818)
Fur traders were the first
Americans to reach the Oregon
territory.
Mountain men were people who spent most of their time on the Rocky Mountains
Mountain Man
Emigrants were pioneers that left the already established United States to go to Oregon!
The Oregon Trail was the easiest passage west
The Oregon Trail was the easiest passage west
The path started at Independence Missouri,
Went across the great plains,
Along the Platte River,
Through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains and into the Oregon Territory.
Can you see how the Rocky Mountains influenced the path that became the Oregon Trail?
Men
Drove Wagons, attended to the animals, and hunted.
On the Trail
Women
Cared for children, cooked, and watched fires.
• John O’Sullivan used the term manifest destiny in the New York newspaper saying:
“it is manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us.”
Manifest DestinyWhat O’Sullivan meant by that is that the United States was clearly destined to expand it’s way of life all the way to the Pacific coast.
1844 Presidential ElectionJames K. Polk Henry Clay• Democratic candidate.
• Used the slogan 54’40’ or fight.
• The slogan referred to the line of latitude that the democrats believed should be the nations border
• Whig candidate.
• Did not take a strong position on the border.
Results… Senator Henry Clay in a Daguerreotype taken in 1849 by Photographer Matthew Brady
How did Spanish land in Texas
become Mexican
Land?
In 1819, very few people were living in Spanish Texas. The people who did live there were called Tejanos (Mexicans that claimed Texas for settlement).
In 1821, Mexico declared its independence from Spain, taking Texas with it.
Sound Familiar?
Steven F. Austin Organizes an American colony…
and settles along the Brazos River and…
the Colorado River.
• More Americans would follow Austin's lead and live in Texas
Problems Anyone?
• His group later becomes known as the Old 300
This map shows land claims from 1833. Notice that the Austin Colony is near Galveston Bay .
Texans were angered with Mexico’s government because he Mexican government stopped immigration with the U.S.
In October of 1835, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Mexico) sent troops in to Gonzales, in Texas, to punish the rebels.Conflict begins at the town of
Gonzales! (Mexicans tried to seize Texan cannons)
Remember… this is not what Texas looked like in 1835!
"Come and take it" was a slogan used in the Texas Revolution in 1835.
At the minor skirmish known as the Battle of Gonzales, a small group of Texans successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders to seize their cannon. As a symbol of defiance, the Texans had fashioned a flag containing the phrase along with a black star and an image of the cannon which they had received six years earlier from the hands of a Mexican official.
The Texans scored a important early victory at San Antonio.
EARLY WAR...
Mad about the loss Santa Anna marched his troops north where they found a small Texan force barricaded inside the Alamo
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Inside the Alamo was Davy Crockett, and 150 brave volunteers.
Outside the Alamo was Santa Anna and several thousand soldiers.
Davy Crockett and the tough Texan volunteers held Santa Anna off For
12 days, until final the Mexicans stormed the fortress and kill all the
defenders leaving only a few women and children to tell the
story.
Although the Texans lost the battle at the Alamo, it gave Texas:• Much needed time to regroup and prepare
• A rallying cry for the rest of the war.
The Mexican constitution of 1824 gave the people of Texas rights similar to those enjoyed at the time by the citizens of the United States, but every new Mexican government attempted to increase control over Texas. To call attention to this, Texans removed the coat of arms from the center of a Mexican flag, and replaced it with the date of the constitution. It was this banner that flew from the walls of the Alamo.
After the loss at the Alamo, Sam Houston lead an army of about 800 to fight a battle at San Jacinto (near present day Houston).
End of the War…
Sam Houston at San Jacinto
Houston’s army had great success, killing 600 and capturing 700 more Mexican soldiers (including Santa Anna).
Santa Anna than signed a treaty that recognized the independence of Texas
The painting "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Huddle shows the Mexican strong-man surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston
Annexation =
take over The original (or "Burnet") flag of Texas (1836–1839)
Once Independent Texas wanted to become part of the United States, but Andrew Jackson refused to let them.
Jackson didn’t want to stir up the issue of adding a slave state or risk war with Mexico themselves!
Texas operates as it’s own country for 9 years! (1836 – 1845)The
First Flag Of
The Republic
!
Texas became a state during James K. Polk’s presidency (election promise). On December 29th 1845, he admitted Texas into the United States.
December 29th 1845, he admitted Texas into the United States. This was their state flag they used!
In the early 1800’s New Mexico was the vast territory between Texas and California
Others followed in his footsteps.
William Becknell
Went to trade
Took the Santa Fe Trail
New Mexico Territory
The Oregon trail assisted the movement in to California!
• In 1821, California became a state in the Mexican nation.
• The first Americans were there to trade and go whaling
• Americans wanted to add California as a state because of its mild climate, scenic beauty, and abundant resources.
• President Polk offered to buy California and New Mexico twice, but Mexico refused.
California
The Mexican-American War
After Mexico Refuses Polk’s offer, General Zachary Taylor marches his soldiers across the disputed border.
Between the Nueces and Rio Grande R., troops build a fort that later gets attacked by Mexican soldiers
HOW DID CALIFORNIA BECOME A REPUBLIC?
California became a republic after a small
group of farmers seized the town of
Sonoma and started the republic of
California ! (1846)
The farmers new country was called the Bear Flag Republic because their flag showed a bear on it!
Duh!
As the fighting in California was winding down, the advancement on the southern portions of Mexico heated up!
Troops ready to leave Texas to fight in the southern portions of Mexico.
Scott devised a brilliant campaign that would bring the war to a speedy conclusion.
Was given the task of capturing Mexico City.
By March 1847 Scott’s Troops reached Mexico City.
By 1847 ,they had reached Mexico City and by mid- September taken it!
Mexico gave up it’s claims to Texas.
Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border between Texas and Mexico
After the U.S. had taken Mexico City, Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.
The Treaty Said…
The Mexican Cession said that Mexico ceded
its provinces of California and New
Mexico
Can you describe what areas we gained as a result of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
You know the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo…
Add the Gadsden Purchase!
WE ALSO MADE A 10 MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE!!
THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE WILL HOPEFULLY HOUSE A INTERCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN THE FUTURE!
Manifest Destiny Achieved?
Settlers in California
California population increased tremendously in 1849.Because of…
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when
gold was discovered by
James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in
Coloma, California.
News of the discovery soon
spread, resulting in some
300,000 men, women, and
children coming to California from the rest of the United
States and abroad.
Although the total number of migrants during the gold rush years is uncertain, the non-Indian population in California increased from 14,000 in 1848 to 223,856 by 1852.
Settlers who came to California during this time were called Forty-niners
They came by sea and through the Sierra Nevada mountain range, building new communities called boomtowns almost overnight.
San Francisco (1851) grew fast and stayed strong even after the gold rush ended .
Port cities, such as San Francisco grew from tiny
villages to large cities very rapidly!
The vigilantes where people that took the law into their own hands!
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway” - John Wayne
Many people who had come looking for gold stayed in the area to farm or run a business.
Levi StraussSome of the towns didn’t survive and turned into Ghost towns like Sierra Nevada, California.
New Settlers in Utah -
•
Brigham Young lead the Mormons west to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
• 12,000 Mormons made the largest single migration in U.S. history.
• 12,000 Mormons made the largest single migration in U.S. history.
The Mormons made desert (Salt Lake City) flourish with hard work and determination.
• Utah would not become a state until 1896 after war almost broke out between the Mormons and United States Army.
Emanuel Leutze painting: Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way,
1860
How does this
painting show
Manifest Destiny in a positive
light?