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2/24/2014 1 Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny Manifest Clear or obvious Destiny Events sure to happen America desired to expand because it was good & meant to happen Support for the idea grew in the 1840’s Merging of political & economic goals Many people supported expansion through any means necessary Texas History Summary Notes Stephen F. Austin “Father of Texas” brought the 1 st Anglo settlers to Texas in 1821

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Manifest Destiny &

Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny

� Manifest� Clear or obvious

� Destiny� Events sure to happen

� America desired to expand because it was good & meant to happen

� Support for the idea grew in the 1840’s� Merging of political & economic goals

� Many people supported expansion through any means necessary

Texas

History

Summary

Notes

Stephen F. Austin

• “Father of

Texas”

• brought the

1st Anglo

settlers to

Texas in 1821

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Sam Houston

• Texas General -defeated Santa

Anna at the

Battle of San

Jacinto

• 1st President of the Republic

of Texas

Revolution and

Independence from Mexico

• Alamo – Feb/March 1836, San Antonio, Mexicans defeated

outnumbered Texans

• San Jacinto – April 21, 1836-Texans defeated the Mexican

army and captured

Santa Anna

TexasTexasTexasTexas as a nation (10 years)(10 years)(10 years)(10 years)

• Refused admission as a state to the

United States because of

1. Slavery

2. Possible war with Mexico

3. Texas debt

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Election of 1844

James K. Polk’s

campaign slogan –

“Fifty-four forty or

fight!”

Take over all of

Oregon as we

spreads west

Annex Texas

Opening The West

� Why people moved:

� To farm & ranch where land was plentiful

� Land speculators bought huge plots

� Broke it down and sold it in small parts to make a large profit

� Find jobs or escape debt or legal problems

� Find gold and become rich

Mountain men were from many different

backgrounds

They explored, found

new trails, shared their

knowledge of the land

Jim Beckwourth

Jedediah Smith

� Oregon

� In 1846, a formal agreementto divide between U.S. &

G.B.

� 49th parallel became

boundary between U.S. & Canada

� Oregon Trail � Used to settle the area

Mormon Trail� Mormons went west seeking religious freedom

� Blaze their own trail from Independence, MO to the Great Salt Lake

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Santa Fe Trail� Used to connect Missouri with the New Mexico Territory

� New Mexico seen as a place where traders could get rich

� Founder of the trail came back to MO with bags of gold & silver