The Spirit of Manifest Destiny

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The Spirit of Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny

• The Republic of Texas
• The Mexican-American War
• The Gold Rush

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Manifest Destiny

• Compromise of 1850
• Oregon Treaties
• The Gadsden Purchase

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The Republic of Texas

• 1825-Mexico passes National Colonization Law
• 1834-Texans demand independence from Mexico
• 1836 Battle of the Alamo

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Sam Houston
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The Republic of Texas -2

• Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of
  Texas
• December 29, 1845-Texas becomes an American state

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The Mexican-American War

• 1846-Polk orders American forces under Zachary
  Taylor to march into Mexico and wait for a fight

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Zachary Taylor
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Senator Abraham Lincoln (Whig) Illinois

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The Mexican-American War-2

• 1847-New Congressman from Illinois, Abraham
  Lincoln, calls for Spot Resolutions. New
  Englanders hate the war and protest it.

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The Mexican-American War

• 1847-Buena Vista
• 1847-American forces enter Mexico City
• 1848-Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase

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John C. Fremont
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The Gold Rush

• 1845-John Fremont, in California, was told to
  explore. but conquered Sacramento and declared
  the free Republic of California. America
  immediately annexed the republic and
  sent American
  troops to
  Los Angeles

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The Gold Rush-2

• 1849-Gold found at Sutters Fort, CA.
  Gold Rush begins

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Oregon Treaties

• 1846-Fifty-Four Forty or Fight turns into OK,
  49th as Oregon becomes American
• 1841-Creole incident
• 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Compromise of 1850

• 1846-Wilmot Proviso (We shouldnt allow slavery
  in the new territories won from Mexico)

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Compromise of 1850

• Provisions
• admit California as a free state
• Reorganize the new territory from Mexico with no
  restriction on slavery

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Compromise of 1850-2

• Provisions
• Uphold slavery in DC
• Adopt a stronger Fugitive slave law

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Compromise of 1850-3

• Provisions
• Deny Congress the authority to interfere with
  interstate slave trading