Oregon Country: Where it is: Between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains North of California. States in the area: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. Treaty we got it from: Adams-Onis Treaty.

Oregon Country cont…: The Oregon Trail: The Oregon Trail was a 2,000 mile journey that started in the Mississippi, went over the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, and through the Platte, Snake, an Columbia Rivers.

Oregon Country cont... “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” The British and the Americans had a joint occupation on the Oregon Country until 1844, when the Oregon settlers believed that the Americans should have sole ownership of the area. At the election of 1844, the democratic party supported that Oregon be part of America. They used the slogan, “Fifty-four Forty or Fight,” to show the wanted degree of border for the nation. Great Britain refused, but came to a compromise to place the border at 49° N in June 1846.

Texas: Main Idea: Texans won their independence from Mexico and asked to be admitted to the United States. Conflict in Texas started in 1830 Stephen F. Austin recruited 300 American families to settle the fertile land along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. In 1830, the Mexican government issued a decree that stopped all immigration from America, and it angered the American Texans.

Texas cont...: General Antonio de Santa Anna became the President of Mexico in The Alamo: The Alamo was a small mission in the town of San Antonio. Santa Anna found a small Texan force inside the mission and, for 12 days, kept pressing on the Texans until the Mexican force finally overcame the Alamo’s defenders. Texas declared its independence on March 2, 1836 at Washington- on-the-Brazos(4 days before the siege of the Alamo). After Texas declared its independence, Sam Houston became the commander and chief of the Texas forces.

Texas cont...: Battle of San Jacinto: The Battle of San Jacinto took place on April 21 at present-day Houston. Sam Houston and his small army initiated a surprise attack on Santa Anna’s army. All the while the Texans shouted, “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!” The Texans had won and at the end of the battle they had captured 700 soldiers, including Santa Anna. On May 14, 1836, Santa Anna signed a treaty that recognized the independence of Texas. Although Texas was independent, The U.S. President, Andrew Jackson, refused to annex Texas because the addition of another slave state would upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.

Texas cont...: Texas became a state on December 29, 1845 with James K. Polk as President.

War With Mexico States included: New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The Santa Fe Trail: The Santa Fe Trail was the route that the first American trader, William Becknell, took in order to get to Santa Fe. It covered the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. Trade increase with New Mexico affected the U.S. by more settling of the region. The Spanish explorers and missionaries from Mexico influenced the culture of California.

War With Mexico cont... John C. Fre`mont described the climate of California by saying there were, “large farms and grazing establishments.” Some Americans said that if the U.S. was extended to the Pacific it would be safely bordered by the sea rather than a foreign country. The U.S. insisted that the border of Texas was at The Rio Grande River, but Mexico said it was the Nueces River. Polk called an emergency meeting with the cabinet because a Mexican force had attacked the Americans at the Texas border. They all agreed that this was grounds for war with Mexico.

War With Mexico cont… Fredrick Douglas, a free African American, felt that the war against Mexico was “disgraceful” and “cruel.” When California won it’s independence it was named the Independent Republic of California. The country’s flag had a bear and a star on a white background.