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manifest destiiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico.
Oregon Treaty
the Oregon treaty is a treat between the UK and USA that was singed on June 15, 1846 in Washington DC.
Texas Independence
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas declaration of independence on march 12 1836 With this document signed by 59 people, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from mexico and created the republic of texas.
Texas Annexed
The Texas annexation was the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state.
US declaers war on mexico
On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico ina dispute over Texas
Mexican cession
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas, though
California Gold Rush
Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. He had discovered goldunexpectedly while overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River.
gold rush starts
The California Gold Rush was a period in American history which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
the Gadsden purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed on December 30, 1853 by James Gadsden.
the four main trails
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico
the Oregon Trail awaits Thousands of pioneers braved the dangerous path between Independence, Missouri.
The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is know as the state of California
The Mormon Trail or Mormon Pioneer Trail is the 1,300-mile route that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled from 1846 to 1868.
settlers move to texas
the Spanish and Mexican governments invited U.S. settlers to move there to increase the province's population.
the Alamo
In December 1835, during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan soldiers occupied the Alamo. On February 23, 1836, a Mexican force led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort. Though vastly outnumbered, the Alamo’s 200 defenders–commanded by James Bowie and William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett–held out courageously for 13 days before the Mexican invaders finally overpowered them.
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
causes
Causes of the Mexican-American War. Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state.
treaty
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado deGuadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish), officially entitled theTreaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo