Manifest Destiny Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way , alternatively Westward Ho! the idea that the US was bound to extend its borders from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean US Territorial Expansion A - 13 Original Colonies When? 1776 From whom? Great Britain Why? US declared independence A
US Territorial Expansion B - Western Lands When? 1783 From whom? Great Britain Why? Treaty of Paris [end of Revolution] A B US Territorial Expansion C - Louisiana Purchase When? 1803 From whom? France Why? Louisiana Purchase A C B
US Territorial Expansion D - Florida When? 1819 From whom? Spain Andrew Jackson invaded, then Why? Spain sold it to us for $5 million A C B D Texas was part of Mexico (had broken away from Spain in 1821) ! allowed American Stephen Austin to take over his father’s Spanish land grant in 1822 ! allowed to bring American settlers if they became Catholic and obeyed Mexican law ! by 1830 about 30,000 Americans in the area which worried Mexico ! outnumbered Mexicans 10 to 1 and weren’t becoming Catholic or Stephen F. Austin, obeying laws (most notably, NO SLAVERY ALLOWED) the "Father of Texas." ! 1833: Mexico elected General Antonio Santa Anna as president he outlawed local rights and rebellion broke out in TX Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico
The Alamo (Feb 1836) Santa Anna besieged 188 Texans with 2,000 Mexican troops at a mission in San Antonio ! after two weeks of resistance the Texans lost pursued Sam Houston (leader of TX rebels) to San Jacinto Creek where they turned and attacked ! captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign agreement accepting TX independence ! petitioned for statehood in 1843, but denied (northerners in Congress: no slavery) Aroostook War 1838 Maine/Canada border dispute - also called the “Lumberjack War” the Treaty of Paris of 1783 set the border between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada ! Acadian (New Brunswickers) and American settlers ignored the border - settled on both sides ! when Maine became a state in 1820 the Americans living there were given land grants (but the Acadians were not) ! Maine officials began arresting Acadians for trespassing in Maine ! New Brunswick officials began arresting Mainers for trespassing in New Brunswick ! British sent forces to their side of the border ! Maine sent militiamen to their side of the border ! the US sent 10,000 volunteer troops to maintain peace while negotiations with Britain began Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 ! divided the territory ! Britain got enough land to make a road from St. Lawrence River to New Brunswick ! the US got the fertile Aroostook Valley and the Mesabi range in MN (Mesabi iron ore range)
US Territorial Expansion E - Texas When? 1845 From whom? Republic of Texas (independent country) Many Americans already lived Why? there; wanted to be part of US A C B E D US Territorial Expansion F - Oregon Territory When? 1846 From whom? Great Britain Why? Treaty of 1818: 49th parallel F A C B E D
US Territorial Expansion G - Mexican Cession When? 1848 From whom? Mexico Why? Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo F A C B G E D
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