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Monroe Doctrine (1823)

Monroe Doctrine (1823). In his 1823 message to Congress, President Monroe warned all outside powers not to interfere with the affairs in the Western Hemisphere . They should not attempt to create new colonies or interfere with newly independent republics.

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Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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  1. Monroe Doctrine (1823) • In his 1823 message to Congress, President Monroe warned all outside powers not to interfere with the affairs in the Western Hemisphere. • They should not attempt to create new colonies or interfere with newly independent republics. • At the same time, the United States would not involve itself in European affairs or interfere with existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere. • This doesn’t stop us from building our own empire

  2. Manifest Destiy John O’ Sullivan ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federal development of self-government entrusted to us.."

  3. “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

  4. Land Acquired between 1783-1867 • Louisiana Purchase • Florida • Texas • Oregon • Mexican Cession • Gadsden Purchase

  5. Louisiana Purchase • With no time to consult their government, Monroe and Livingston closed the deal for $15million. (roughly 4 cents an acre) • Jefferson wasn’t sure the purchase was constitutional He submitted the treaty and Senate ratified it. • With the Louisiana Purchase from France, which included all the land drained by the western tributaries of the Mississippi River, the size of the United States more than doubled

  6. Louisiana Purchase (1803)

  7. Lewis and Clark • Jefferson was eager to explore the new territory. • He appointed Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition he called the Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific coast. • Jefferson ordered the Corps to collect scientific information about plants and animals while learning about Native American tribes.

  8. Florida • Date = 1819- Adams-Onis Treaty • Acquired from = Spain was weak and couldn’t protect • Andrew Jackson defied orders and captured Spanish Forts. Runaway slaves lived there, became Black Seminoles • How acquired = Spain signed Treaty giving up rights to Florida instead of losing militarily

  9. Texas Date Acquired = 1845 Acquired From = Mexico How land was acquired = After Texas won its independence from Mexico, US annexed Texas

  10. Texas Story • Texas is Spanish ( Mexico is as well) • Austin sets it up as colony for Americans to come • Americans don’t love Mexican rules (you know the whole speak Spanish thing, no slavery thing, women’s rights thing). This works both was because the Texians don’t love the Americans • Texas becomes closed to immigration- America is pissed

  11. Santa Anna tears up his compromise that says he will free • “Remember the Alamo” ( battle cry for many Americans) • Texas is independent THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC • USA --- wants it (shock)

  12. Texas War of Independence TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • Americans led by Stephen Austin began moving into Texas in the 1820’s and brought their slaves with them. • Mexico became alarmed and stopped immigration • Won by Texans in 1836 and requests to enter the U.S.

  13. The Annexation of Texas • Proponents • Americans who believed in Manifest Destiny wanted to admit Texas to the Union. • Supporters viewed the Texas Revolution in the spirit of the American Revolution. • Southerners supported annexation because Texas allowed slavery, and its admission would boost the South’s political power. • Opponents • Americans were concerned that the U.S. would have to bear the substantial Texas debt. • Northerners opposed annexation because it would spread slavery westward and increase slave states’ voting power in Congress. • A major argument in Congress was that the Constitution said nothing about admitting an independent nation.

  14. The Alamo • Santa Anna, head of Mexican government, defeated the Americans at the Alamo and killed all the defenders

  15. The Annexation of Texas • A Republic for nine years • The annexation question was a significant issue in the 1844 presidential election. When James K. Polk, the pro-annexation candidate, won, Mexico warned that it would consider the annexation of Texas as a declaration of war. • Texas becomes a state • Voters in Texas overwhelmingly approved annexation, and Texas became a part of the United States on December 29, 1845.

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