1. MANIFEST DESTINY Chapter 12

2. SECTION 1: OREGON TERRITORY Convention of 1818 Britain and U.S. had joint occupation (1818-1846)

4. OREGON TERRITORY American settlers moved Oregon because 1. Fur Trade Mountain men’s occupation Rendezvous - Meeting place for Mountain men to trade 2. Panic of 1837 Economic Depression 3. Farmland & Gold in California

5. WHITMAN MISSION First settlers who went as missionaries Settled in Walla, Walla Washington New settlers brough measles which killed many Natives Native tribe Cayuse attacked and killed all people in the Whitman Mission

6. OREGON TRAIL Emigrants : Pioneers who left to Oregon People died because of 1. Disease 2. Overwork 3. Loneliness 4. Hunger

8. DONNOR PARTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDn_p5e-KBQ

9. AMERICAN’S CLAIM TO OREGON James Polk becomes president in 1844 Democratic Republican who supported claim to Oregon Slogan: 54, 50 N or Fight! Population of Oregon 1. American: 5,000 2. British: 700 Compromise of 1846 U.S. claimed Oregon Country south of 49 th N Parallel

11. SECTION 2: TEXAS TERRITORY Adams-Onis Treaty Made border between Spain and United States U.S. claimed Texas as part of it Under Mexican control (After Mexico gained Independence)

12. TEXAS TERRITORY Empresarios - People (including many Americans) obtained land grants and recruited settlers Many Americans settled there under Mexican culture - Stephen F. Austin: American settler with 300 other Americans

13. TEXAS TERRITORY Cultural Tensions 1. Language (Spanish) 2. Religion (Catholicism) 3. Decree 1. Prevented American immigration 2. Taxed on American imports 4. Santa Anna becomes dictator 1.Intercepts Austin’s letter of independence

14. TEXAN INDEPENDENCE Major Battles Battle of Alamo : Few Americans held off Mexican dictator Santa Ana’s army to the death. Battle of San Jacinto : Americans led by Sam Houston defeated and captured Santa Anna This led to Texan Independence (1836)

16. TEXAS ANNEXED TO UNITED STATES James Polk supported the annexation of Texas (1845). -Annex: to take control of

17. TIME TO READ EXCERPT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 15 minutes to read and answer questions 5 minutes to discuss with class

18. SECTION 3: NEW MEXICO & MORE! New Mexico Mexican controlled Inhabitants govern themselves Santa Fe good for trade

19. SECTION 3: NEW MEXICO & MORE! Santa Fe Trail Americans formed groups for safety against Natives Americans traded guns for gold, silver, and fur

21. CALIFORNIA Americans traveled to Mexican California in 1840s John Fremont expanded idea of Manifest Destiny Reasons to have CALI 1. Safe boundary to Sea, not foreign country 2. Expand trade to China & Japan

22. CAUSE OF WAR Polk offered to purchase N.M. and Cali for 30 million dollars Mexico refuses Border tensions U.S. claimed it reached Rio Grande Mexico claimed it reached Nueces River Zachary Taylor builds fort in between both rivers. Mexican soldiers attacked. Polk used it as an excuse that Mexican’s started the war.

23. POLK’S WAR PLAN 1) Take out Mexicans from Texas 2) U.S. seize New Mexico & California 3) Take Mexico City

25. CALIFORNIA: BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC

26. OUTCOME OF WAR Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession of all lands from Texas to California Gadsden Purchase Strip of land at bottom of Arizona, New Mexico

27. TIME TO READ EXCERPT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 15 minutes to read and answer questions 5 minutes to discuss with class

28. FUN FACTS

29. SECTION 4: AMERICAN CALIFORNIA California Gold Rush Forty Niners- People who searched for gold in Sierra Nevada in 1849 President Zachary Taylor urged California to become a state Became a free state

30. UTAH Mormonism Joseph Smith (Prophet) Started in New York Beliefs Property Sharing Polygamy

31. UTAH Brigham Young- Joseph Smith’s successor Moved to Utah, Great Salt Lake President Millard Fillmore made Young governor of Utah territory Didn’t become state until 1896

32. MANIFEST DESTINY SUMMARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqZM5kq- NBg&spfreload=5