Social Studies
By: Jasmine
Manifest Destiny Painting
You can also see in the top left corner, mountains in the darkness. I believe the mountains are the Appalachian mountains. But then again I could be wrong. The clouds that are dark and glumly hang over the Natives, the wolf-dog thing it the bottom left hand corner, and the mountains. While behind the women, are bright clear skies and people peacefully moving west. While the Natives looked rushed.
US AND UK JOINTLY AGREE TO OCCUPY OREGEN
TEXAS INDEPENDECE
TEXAS ANNEXED
1846-US declares war against Mexico
1848-Mexico cession
1848-California gold is found
1849-Calfornia gold rush starts
1853-Gadsden purchase
Main Routes
The Oregon Trail:
this trail is colored green below and leads from Fort Hall to Oregon City. If you were to take this route than you would have to cross rocky mountains. But this trip would be costly, coming in at a $600 cost.
The Mormon Trail:
This trail is in a blueish-green and leads from Council Bluffs to Los Angeles. When the Mormons traveled west they made a church and traveled all the way from New York.
The Santa Fe Trail:
This trail is in purple and leads from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. This trail is also known with natives because this was their ancient trading route. It was also very dangerous
The California Trail:
This trail is in blue and leads from San Francisco to San Diego. California's trip took about 6 month because it was 2,000 miles long.
All together, the main problem was the lack of food, supplies, and water. Food and supplies wasn't the only factor. The harsh weather conditions played a large roll in the traveling to the west.
Texas Revolution
The Battle of the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
The Mexican American War
The Mexican American war increased tension between Mexicans and Americans. Why? Settler moving west to California and Texas. General Zachery Taylor was set to buy New Mexico form the Mexicans in order to settle the dispute. But instead Mexican troop attacked General Taylor's troops near the Rio Grande border, one out of the two borders. America had the advantage of winning the battle because they had better equipment and weapons. But sadly they were in poor conditions. Some were ill and all together they were outnumbered. Later, America declares California free from the Mexican. How did it all end? American troops push south to Mexico City where they forced Mexico to surrender. This is how the treaty of Guadalupe was made. Setting California, Nevada, and Utah free from Mexico and increasing American lands 25%.