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Chapter 13 Puppet Plays

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.

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Chapter 13 Puppet Plays

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  1. Chapter 13 Puppet Plays

  2. Topics Section 1: Oregon Country Section 2: Republic of Texas Section 3: Oregon Country Section 4: Oregon Country Section 5: Oregon Country

  3. Section 1: Oregon Country Section1: Oregon Country

  4. Rocky Mountains Idaho Oregon Washington West. Canada Wyoming Montana Varied along Pacific Coast, the soil is fertile. Temperatures are mild year round, rain is plentiful.

  5. United States Great Britain Spain Russia B) Agreeing to equal rights in Oregon A) Great Britain & America Mountain Men

  6. 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.

  7. Missionaries Planned to convert NA to Christianity Wanting others to join, they helped stir interest Spread disease, a measles epidemic hit the Cayuse Oregon Trail Independence

  8. 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

  9. Section2: The Republic of Texas

  10. Texas Farmers Stephen Austin 1830 Mexico stopped Americans rom settling in Texas Mexico Began enforcing Laws that Texans disagreed with Alamo Weapons, Food Water, Medicine

  11. 150 180 6,000 1,500 Volunteers Sam Houston San Jacinto Treaty Mexican Govt. refused the treaty signed by Santa Anna Texas was nearly bankrupt The threat of attack

  12. Section3: California and the Southwest

  13. New Mexico Nevada California Arizona Utah Colorado William Becknell Native Americans Roman Catholic Overwork & Disease Ranches

  14. Try to Purchase California from Mexico Try to Purchase California from Mexico Officials wanted California Ports Spread of expansion beliefs, took lands from NA & Mexicans Manifest Destiny James K. Polk's beliefs Added Texas and Oregon

  15. Section 4: The Mexican War

  16. Wanted to avoid conflict with Britain. Divide at 49 degrees North. Senate refused to ratify the treaty of Texas independence.

  17. Mexicans Border Rio Grande Nueces Congress Mexico had to cede (give up) all of California and New Mexico for $15 million from the United States

  18. Brought ideas of democracy Mexican Americans taught them how to mine and irrigate crops Newcomers treated Native Americans and Mexicans unjustly.

  19. Section 5: Americans Rush West

  20. Mormons Joseph Smith Owning Property in Common Men could have more than one wife Refuge

  21. Brigham Young Utah Sutter’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

  22. 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.

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