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Chapter 7 Section 2. Trails to the West. Trans-Appalachia. The area west of the Appalachian Mountains Attracted people that wanted to escape overcrowding. What areas did Americans settle in the early 1800s?. Kentucky Indiana Ohio Michigan Territory. Pinckney Treaty.
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Chapter 7 Section 2 Trails to the West
Trans-Appalachia • The area west of the Appalachian Mountains • Attracted people that wanted to escape overcrowding
What areas did Americans settle in the early 1800s? • Kentucky • Indiana • Ohio • Michigan Territory
Pinckney Treaty • Set southern boundary of the U.S. (Left Florida to Spain) • U.S. citizens free to use Mississippi R. through Spanish territory • Spanish and the U.S. would control Native Americans in their own territories
Adams-Onis Treaty • Spain agreed to cede (give up) Florida to the U.S. • Established border between Louisiana Purchase and Spanish land in the West • U.S. handed over huge portion of current territory in SW to Spain
Manifest Destiny • Belief that it was the United States to possess the entire North American continent
Oregon Country • Northern California to southern border of Alaska • Mountainous • Forested • Fertile valleys • Claimed by the U.S., Briatain, Russia and Spain • Russia and Spain eventually back out
Mountain Men • Men that roamed the Rocky Mountains in search of beaver pelts • Adopted Indian ways • Married Indian women • Used Indian trails that led to Oregon and California
How did Manifest Destiny shape American attitudes regarding the Oregon Country?
Oregon Trail • The main route across the central plains and Rocky Mountains • Could take 4 to 6 months • $500 to $1,000 to make the trip
Santa Fe Trail • Route traders used to get goods to Mexican Territory
California Gold Rush • January 1848- Gold discovered • 4,000 prospectors there by August • Attracted settlers to California • California: 14,000 residents in 1848; 200,000 by 1852
Ghost Towns • Mining towns boomed during the gold rush • People left when the mines stopped producing towns slowly decayed and died.