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Manifest Destiny: 1835-1848

Manifest Destiny: 1835-1848. Chapter 9. Western Pioneers. Section 1. Americans Head West. Americans headed west to: (1) spread religion, (20) own their own farms, (3) GOLD Manifest Destiny: Americans should settled lands from Atlantic to Pacific oceans Plows – help farm the west

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Manifest Destiny: 1835-1848

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  1. Manifest Destiny: 1835-1848 Chapter 9

  2. Western Pioneers Section 1

  3. Americans Head West • Americans headed west to: (1) spread religion, (20) own their own farms, (3) GOLD • Manifest Destiny: Americans should settled lands from Atlantic to Pacific oceans • Plows – help farm the west • J. Wood – iron-bladed plow • J. Deere – steel bladed, sharp plow • McCormick – mechanical reaper

  4. Settling the Pacific Coast • Oregon was claimed by both the United States and Great Britain • 1821, Mexico gained independence from Spain • Mexico now controlled the territory of California

  5. Trails West • Most popular trail west: Oregon Trail • California Trail & Santa Fe Trail • Wagon Train Life • Travel in covered wagons • Used guidebooks made by earlier emigrants • A trip typically took 5-6 months traveling 15 miles/day

  6. Native Americans • Native Americans gave settlers gifts: food, water, horses, information • Settlers did pose a threat to Native Americans’ way of life • Depended on the buffalo for food, shelter, clothes • Treaty of Fort Laramie – 8 Native American groups met with the U.S. – U.S. promised lands would forever belong to the Native Americans

  7. Mormon Migration • Mormon were persecuted for religious beliefs • Mormon Church founded by Joseph Smith • Mormons led west to Utah by leader Brigham Young

  8. Independence for Texas Section 2

  9. Opening Texas to Americans • Inhabitants established settlements in southern parts of present-day Texas • Mexico invited foreigners to TX because Mexico could not persuade its own people to settle in upper parts of Texas • National Colonization Act: (1) Mexico gave contractors large grants of TX land, (2) empresarios promised to settle land with certain # of settlers • Mexicans distrusted new settlers because of American lifestyle

  10. Texas Goes to War • Santa Anna – Mexico’s dictator • Mexican Army’s Problems: • No training, no leadership, no support • Sam Houston led the Texan troops • The Alamo (March 6, 1836) Santa Anna sieges the old mission with only a few Texans inside to defend. Texans hold the Mexican troops, but eventually lose the battle • Goliad – loss, but it united the Texans behind a cause • “Remember the Alamo!”

  11. Texas Goes to War • San Jacinto – Texas victory! • 700 Mexican soldiers captured; Texans only lost 9 men & 34 were wounded • Independence declared September 1836 • Sam Houston elected President of Texas • Texans voted in favor of annexation • President Jackson did not want to recognize TX as independent & annex it because: (1) upset balance of free/slave states, (2) did not want to risk a costly war with Mexico

  12. War With Mexico Section 3

  13. Texas? • U.S. claimed TX was part of the Louisiana Purchase • President John Tyler wanted to annex TX, but Northern congressmen opposed it because TX would be a slave state & Mexico never recognized TX as independent

  14. Texas & Oregon in the Union • No reelection for Tyler because he included a pro-slavery letter in the annexation proposal of TX, oops! • TX annexation – Senate voted 35 against – 16 for • Election of 1844 • Whig = Henry Clay • Democrat = James K. Polk – 11th U.S. President • He promised to annex TX & Oregon & buy California • Oregon – U.S. & Great Britain split OR – 49°

  15. Annexation of Texas • 1845, Congress votes to annex TX as President Tyler is leaving office & Polk is taking office • Mexico cut off diplomatic ties with the U.S. • Mexico & U.S. disputed the location of the TX southwestern border • Mexico = NuecesRiver • U.S. = Rio Grande River • When Polk wanted to buy CA it made things worse • Mexico refused to meet with Slidell, the representative from the U.S.

  16. War With Mexico • Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to lead U.S. troops • He wanted to taunt the Mexican army so they would shoot first • 1846 = Americans @ war – “American blood has been shed on American soil!” • 3-Pronged Military Strategy • Page 309 – read & find out

  17. War with Mexico • Americans took lots of Mexican land, but Mexico refused to surrender • 1847, Mexico City is captured by General Winfield Scott – important because it the capital • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War • Mexico ceded more than 500,000 square miles of land to the U.S. • Rio Grande – TX border • U.S. paid Mexico $15 million & took $3.25 million in debts

  18. War with Mexico • Manifest Destiny dream is accomplished! • But the question of slavery in the newly acquired lands would begin tensions leading to the Civil War

  19. French – Bought it for $15 million • Spain – Adams-Onis Treaty: Spain ceded (gave up) lands • Mexico – Texas applied for statehood/approved 1845 • Mexico – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Mexico – Purchase it for $10 million in 1853 • Great Britain – Border dispute settled by President Polk (49 degrees N Latitude)

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