The Growth of a Young Nation Chapter 3 Overview

The Growth of a Young Nation Thomas Jefferson (1800) Jeffersonian Republicanism ◦People should control the government & government should be simple and small

Louisiana Purchase (1803) ◦From France, $15 million ◦Mississippi River to Rocky Mts. Meriwether Lewis & William Clark (1804) ◦ paved the way for settlement of the west

The Growth of a Young Nation James Monroe (1816) ◦Foreign policy based on nationalism ◦Gained Oregon & Florida Monroe Doctrine—warned European nations not to interfere with America & in return, America would not interfere with them

The Growth of a Young Nation Missouri Compromise—1820 ◦Missouri entered as a slave state & Maine entered as a free state ◦Slavery legal South of 36 Degree North Latitude line

The Growth of a Young Nation Andrew Jackson (1828) 1830—Indian Removal Act ◦Cherokee sent to OK from GA =Trail of Tears Manifest Destiny—Americans were meant to control the West ◦Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail

The Growth of a Young Nation 1820—Mexico encouraged settling in Texas ◦Stephen F. Austin=Land Agent ◦Soon, Americans outnumbered Mexicans ◦War for Texas Independence, —Texas into the Union —Mexican American War ◦Rio Grande is new border between Texas & Mexico ◦Gained California and several surrounding states

American Expansion