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THE OREGON COUNTRY

THE OREGON COUNTRY. 4 NATIONS CLAIM OREGON. GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES SPAIN RUSSIA. WHY OREGON?. IT HAS ACCESS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEY CAN EXPAND TRADE TO INCLUDE CHINA THERE WAS PLENTY OF BEAVER AND FUR IN THE NORTHWEST. TRAVELING TO THE OREGON.

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THE OREGON COUNTRY

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  1. THE OREGON COUNTRY

  2. 4 NATIONS CLAIM OREGON • GREAT BRITAIN • UNITED STATES • SPAIN • RUSSIA

  3. WHY OREGON? IT HAS ACCESS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEY CAN EXPAND TRADE TO INCLUDE CHINA THERE WAS PLENTY OF BEAVER AND FUR IN THE NORTHWEST

  4. TRAVELING TO THE OREGON AMERICANS STARTED TO SETTLE IN THE 1830s IN THE OREGON TRAIL MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STUFFED THEIR WAGONS WITH SUPPLIES WHILE THEY WERE ON THE TRAIL OREGON BEGAN TO GATHER INDEPENDENCE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

  5. CAUSE N EFFECT • BETWEEN 1840 AND 1845 THE NUMBER OF SETTLERS INCREASED FROM 500 TO 5000 • THE QUESTION WHETHER WHO GETS THE OWNERSHIP OF OREGON AROSE AGAIN • O’SULLIVAN HAD DECLARED THAT IT WAS AMERICA’S “MANIFEST DESTINY” • THEN IT CAME TO THE DECISION THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD EXTEND IT’S BORDERS ALL THE WAY TO THE PACIFIC

  6. “FIFTY-FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT” THE SETTLERS FROM OREGON INSISTED THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD SALE PARTS OF THE OREGON COUNTRY AS THE RESULT TO THAT DISAGREEMENT OREGON BECAME A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

  7. A NEW PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES • NOW THAT POLK WAS PRESDENT HE BELIEVED TO MAKE OREGON PART OF TE UNITED STATES • HOWEVER BRITAIN WOULD NOT ACCEPT A BORDER AT “FIFTY-FOUR FORTY” • BUT BRITAIN HAD THE FEAR IF THEY DO NOT ACCEPT THE DEAL THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP ITS CLAIM ENTIRELY

  8. MOUNTAIN MEN • THEY WERE THE FIRST AMERICANS TO REACH THE OREGON COUNTRY BUT WERE NOT FARMERS BUT FUR TRADERS • IN 1808 ASTOR ORGANIZED THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY • PEOPLE WHO SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ARE KNOWN AS MOUNTAIN MEN

  9. THE WHITMAN MISSION • MISSIONARIES WERE THE FIRST SETTLERS WHO WANTED TO BRING CHRISTIANITY TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS • AN EPIDEMIC KILLED MANY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN • THE CAYUSE ATTACKED THE MISSION IN NOVEMBER 1847 AND KILLED THEM AND 11 OTHERS

  10. EXPANSION OF FREEDOM • SINCE COLNIAL TIMES MANY AMERICANS HAD BELIEVED THEI NATION HAD A SPECIAL ROLE TO FULLFILL • THE UNITED STATES MISSION WAS TO SPREAD FREEDOM BY OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE CONTINENT • IN 1819 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS EXPRESSED WHAT MANY AMERICANS WERE THINKING WHEN HE SAID EXPANSION TO THE PACIFIC WAS AS INEVITABL

  11. PIONEERS SETTLE NEW LAND,OLD CLAIMS • SINCE 1818 BRITAIN AND TH UNITED STATES HAD JOINTLY CLAIMED THE VAST OREGON COUNTRY • 12,000 AMERICANS HAD BRAVED THE 2,000 MILE OREGON TRAIL TO SETTLE IN AND AROUND THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY

  12. IN THE END DURING THE 1830s AMERICANS SOUGHT TO FULFILL THEIR MANIFEST DESTINY BY LOOKING MUCH CLOSER TO HOME THAN OREGON NOW AT THAT TIME MUCH ATTENTION WAS ALSO FOCUSED ON TEXAS….

  13. THE IMPACT TODAY • THE UNITED STATES GREW IN SIZE AND WEALTH,SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NATION’S RISE TO GREAT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER

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