MANIFEST DESTINY “WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE” OBJ: TO UNDERSTAND THE FORCES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO SECTIONAL DIVISION BY 1850

I. JOHN TYLER: PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY A. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS 1ST IMPRESSIONS DECEIVING DISAGREED WITH JACKSON’S EXPANSION OF PRES. POWER CONTINUED DISMEMBERMENT OF AMERICAN SYSTEM REPEALED INDEPENDENT TREASURY VETOED BANK RECHARTER CABINET RESIGNED CLAY VS. TYLER CLAY LAND PROPOSAL BUT REALLY TARIFF HIKE PREEMPTION ACT 1841 – SOUTH AGREED BUT ONLY IF TARIFF STAYED BELOW 20% VETOED TARIFF & REPLACED BY BLACK TARIFF 1842 – REVERSED COMP TARIFF 1833 ECO DEVASTATION & REPEALED 1846

B. FOREIGN POLICY 1. NORTHEAST YOUNG AMERICANS – NEW GENERATION, LESS FEARFUL, PURGE PARTY OF FEAR OF EXPANSION, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY EMBRACED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE & ADVANCEMENTS CANADA & MAINE: END OF RAPPROACHMENT CAROLINE INCIDENT & AROOSTOK WAR 1838-39 WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY – DEFINITIVE BOUNDARY WITH CANADA

2. WESTWARD EXPANSION OREGON 1818 CONVENTION – JOINT OCCUPATION EXTENDED INDEFINITELY BUT THEN…..MISSIONARIES HEAD WEST & REBUFFED MIGRATION WEST ENCOURAGED & OUTNUMBERED BRITISH BY 1840’S AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE SOUTH ALONG COAST MINING, FARMING, MERCHANTS: ECO OPPORTUNITY, VANGUARD FOR EXPANSION OF CAPITALISM OREGON TRAIL 2K MILES – HARD LIFE

b. TEXAS. ADAMS ONIS 1819 – RELINQUISHED CLAIMS TO TEXAS b. TEXAS *ADAMS ONIS 1819 – RELINQUISHED CLAIMS TO TEXAS *MEXICO ENCOURAGED AM SETTLE- MENT *S.A. AUSTIN LED THOUSANDS TO TEXAS & COTTON FLOURISHED *AUSTIN & OTHERS INCREASED POWER & INFLUENCE *ATTEMPT AT INDEPENDENCE FAILED 1826 *MEXICAN GOV’T CHANGED MID 30’S –SANTA ANNA *TEXAS DECLARED INDEPENDENCE 1835, *DISORGANIZED LED TO SLAUGHTER AT ALAMO *REORGANIZED UNDER SAM HOUSTON & REVENGE SAN JACINTO *TREATY OF VELASCO 1836 *ATTEMPTED ANNEXATION IGNORED *LONE STAR REPUBLIC 10 YEARS

b2.0 - TEXAS IS SO BIG IT NEEDS 2 SLIDES TYLER WANTED ELECTION IN HIS OWN RIGHT NEEDS ISSUE JAX, V.B., WHH & TYLER IGNORED ISSUE ATTEMPTED ANNEXATION TO NO AVAIL ELECTION 1844 WHIGS: CLAY INDEP: TYLER LIBERTY: BIRNEY – ANTI-SLAVERY DEMS: POLK & WRIGHT (NY) VP 54◦ 40’ OR FIGHT: REOCCUPATION OF OREGON & REANNEXATION OF TEXAS UNIFIED N & S EXPANSIONIST DEMS MANIFEST DESTINY – JOHN O’SULLIVAN 1845 TEXAS ANNEXED LAST ACT TYLER