Westward Expantion
Michael Reddick
Manifest Destiny Painting
The Manifest Destiny Painting is showing what was occurring during Westward Expansion. It shows the different people who moved west and the different things they brought with them. It also shows the different ways they traveled and the technology they brought as well.
Picture Timeline
1827 UK and US jointly occupy Oregon
When the Oregon boundary dispute was ended by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S.
1836 Texas Independence established
On March 2, 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.”
1845 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.
1846 US declares 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 in a dispute over Texas.
1848 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.
1848 Gold discovered in CA.
On January 24, 1848, an event occurred in Coloma that would radically impact the history of California and the Nation. James W. Marshall found gold in the water of the South Fork of the American River.
1849 Gold Rush starts
The California Gold Rush was a period in American history which began on January 24, 1848 through 1855, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
1853 Gadsden purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
Trails West Map
The 4 different trails that people used to go west were, The Santa Fe Trail, The Oregon Trail, The California Trail, and The Mormon Trail. The Santa Fe Trail was used for trade and was used by traders. The Oregon Trail was used to go to Oregon by pioneers so they can settle in Oregon for more land. The California Trail was used to go to California by pioneers so they can get gold to become rich. The Mormon Trail was used by the Mormons to move to Utah so they could escape persecution for their religious believes.
Texas Revolution
Settlers moved to Texas because they wanted to live there to farm.
The Battle of Alamo
The Battle of San Jacinto
Mexican-America War
1.) Some causes of the Mexican-American War was that Mexico claimed the Nueces River as its northeastern border, while the U.S. claimed the Rio Grande River. Another cause of the Mexican American War was that Zachery Taylor got attacked by the Mexican Army.
2.) During the Bear Flag Revolt, from June to July 1846, a small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California an independent republic.
3.) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, officially entitled the Treaty 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.
4.) The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
Gold Rush performance writing
B.) The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) 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 news of gold brought some 300,000 gold-seekers (called "forty-niners", as in "1849") to California. These forty-niners where hoping to become rich from mining and finding gold. They wanted to get rich quick and this seemed the best way to accomplish that.