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Manifest destiny. The belief of expansion of America from sea to sea. John L. O’Sullivan . Oregon Country . Huge area of land between the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains ,North of California Washington and Oregon Treaty of Green Bay 2000 miles Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
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Manifest destiny • The belief of expansion of America from sea to sea. • John L. O’Sullivan
Oregon Country • Huge area of land between the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains ,North of California • Washington and Oregon • Treaty of Green Bay • 2000 miles • Great Plains and Rocky Mountains • 54 degrees-40 minutes
Texas • Texas won their independence from Mexico and asked to be admitted to the United States. • 1803 • Asked the Mexican government to confirm his father’s land grant. • Immigration to the United States. It angered them. • General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. • A small Texan force barricade inside a nearby mission. • March 2,1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos • Sam Houston
Battle of San Jacinto • April 21,1836. “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!” Santa Anna signed a treaty for Texas’ independence after being captured. Because it had too much conflict with Texas. December 29, 1845. James K. Polk.
War with Mexico • New Mexico and California • William Becknell’s route that left the Missouri River near Independence, Missouri, and crossed the prairies to the Arkansas River. • It inspired them. • Mild climate, scenic beauty, and abundance of natural resources. • That way the nation would be safely bordered by the sea instead of by a foreign power. • The Rio Grande • Nueces River • They agreed that the attack was grounds for the war with Mexico. • He thought it was disgraceful and cruel. • A flag with a bear and a star on a white background. • General Winfield Scott • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- February 1848 • Rio Grande • California and New Mexico • Gadsden Purchase • Arizona and New Mexico
New Settlers in California and Utah • 1849/California/Forty-Niners • Sierra Nevada Mountain Range • Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australia. • Boomtown- a new community. • It grew from a tiny village to a city of about 20,000 people. • He was a Jewish immigrant that sold the miners sturdy pants made of denim. They were called “Levi’s.”
Religious Refuge in Utah • Mormons • Joseph Smith • He formed a community in New York. • Brigham Young • Near the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. • 1896