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Manifest Destiny Timeline

Manifest Destiny Timeline. 1803-1853. 1803 Louisiana Purchase – America’s fierce determination to keep the port of New Orleans open and France’s costly war against Britain.

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Manifest Destiny Timeline

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  1. Manifest Destiny Timeline 1803-1853

  2. 1803 Louisiana Purchase – America’s fierce determination to keep the port of New Orleans open and France’s costly war against Britain. Pages 319-320 Purchase has been made, learning about the territory became more important, Lewis & Clark Expedition. Growth of fur trade, accurate maps (open the west to settlers), and clash of cultures. Cause & Effect

  3. War of 1812 – Impressments of US Citizens, interference w/ American shipping, and British support of Native-American resistance. Page 333 Increased American patriotism, weakened Native American resistance (death of Tecumseh), and US manufacturing grew. *Era of Good Feelings started in 1815 Cause & Effect

  4. 1820 Missouri Compromise – Adding Missouri as a slave state would upset the balance of Congress. Issue over slavery divided the nation. Page 358 Agreement passed between Pro & Anti Slavery in Congress, regulation of slavery in the western territories. Kept a balance, divided the territories in 36 degree latitude 30’ N = free S= slave Cause & Effect

  5. 1823 Monroe Doctrine - US felt threatened by European colonization in Latin America. “Leave America for the Americans”… Page 359 Monroe Doctrine said that Americas were closed to further colonization, considered dangerous to our peace and safety. Helped US expansion and saw itself as a world power. Cause & Effect

  6. 1830 Indian Removal Act – Pres. Jackson believed that the gov’t had the right to regulate where Native Am could live, pressure from settlers, discovery of gold in Georgia. Pages 375-376 Jackson extended the area of “freedom”, raised an issue of America’s mission – Manifest Destiny…. Set the stage for “ethnic cleansing” (Trail of Tears). Cause & Effect

  7. 1844 – Industrial Revolution (1800-1844) great economic changes brought new machines and factories, changed US society, encouraged the expansion of slavery. Pages 341-359 New inventions improved transportation and communication, improved farming, cotton gin and boom caused slavery to spread. Slavery created tensions, later led to the Civil War. Cause & Effect

  8. Mexican-American War 1846-1848 More Americans settled/moved into Mexican territory, resented following Mexican laws, especially upset with outlawing slavery. Fight over Texas! Pages 406 – 411 Manifest Destiny became a gov’t policy under Pres. Polk. Gained more territory (Mexican Cession), rich new culture. “From Sea to Shining Sea”, transcontinental railroad was built. Cause & Effect

  9. 1853 Manifest Destiny (1810-1853) Trails West, Texas Revolution, War with Mexico, and the CA Gold Rush… 3 Key Themes – virtue, mission, and destiny led to the westward expansion! Page 407 (Ch: 13) United States expanded its territory westward to stretch from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Note today 33% of all Americans live in the areas/land added & brought cultural diversity. Cause & Effect

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