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Manifest Destiny
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Settling the Frontier Expansion grips the country Manifest Destiny
Economic possibilities
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Trails West Santa Fe Trail (780 miles) Covered wagons Oregon Trail
“Prairie Schooners”
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The Mormon Migration Joseph Smith (founder on Mormonism)
Smith murdered by an anti-mormon mob Brigham Young Salt Lake City
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Texan land grants Mexico encourages Americans to settle Texas
Cheap Land Stephen F. Austin Texas’s Old Three Hundred
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Texas Revolution Cultural differences with Tejanos
Mexico abolished slavery Santa Anna “If I were God, I would wish to be more.”
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The Alamo Mission and fort in San Antonio Texas declares independence
13 day siege Sam Houston Treaty of Velasco
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War with Mexico Texas Annexation President James K. Polk
Wanted New Mexico and California Mexico doesn't receive ambassador
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The War Begins US invades California War officially declared
Contingent sent to Santa Fe New Mexico won without shots being fired
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Republic of California
American settlers seize Sonoma General Fremont US takes control of California
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America Wins the War American victories in Mexico War lasts a year
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo US gives $15 million for Mexican cession Gadsden Purchase (10 Million)
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California Gold Rush Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill 1848
News spread quick Mass Migration Westward Population exceeded 100,000 Forty-niners Asians, European, South Americans
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The Golden Economy Gold financed farming, manufacturing, shipping, and banking More newspapers San Francisco Rush over by 1853 $2 Billion in Gold Found
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