AMERICA THE STORY OF US

1. By Jonathan Points AMERICA THE STORY OF US

2. Manifest Destiny • The belief of America to expand from sea to sea and shore to shore. • John O’L Sullivan wrote this.

3. Oregon Country • It was a giant piece of land located between the pacific ocean and the Rocky mountains north of California. • Washington, Oregon Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming formed from this land. • This land was obtained by a treaty formed with Great Britain. • The Oregon trail was 2,000 miles long it started at the Missippi river • Missippi river, Colombian river, and the Platte river. • James K Polk came up with a slogan called 54 degrees latitude 40 minutes n and fight or also known as 54 40 fight this was Polk’s slogan campaign.

4. Texas • The first battle was in October 1835 when the Mexicans tried to take a cannon from the Texans. • Stephen F Austin was the man who helped populate the Mexican territory . And so getting his name as the father of Texas. • In 1830 the Mexican government decreed that stopped all immigration from the United States and cutting off trade. This angered the Texans. • In 1833 General Lopez de Santa Anna became president of Mexico. • In 1836 a small force of Texans battled off Mexican forces as they bombarded the Alamo. • On March 6, 1836 the Mexican forces smashed the Alamo’s walls in with cannon fire and attacked and killed all men at the Alamo. • March 2, 1836 4 days before the Attack of the Alamo Texas declared independence from Mexico. • Sam Houston later became Commander and Chief of What would become the victorious Texan Army. • James K Polk became president and on December 29, 1845 Texas officially became a state of the United States of America.