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The First United States
There were only 13 states when the United States first started out. -
Louisiana
In 1803 Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase doubled the United States. -
Texas broke off from Mexico
Texas called itself the "lone star republic" -
U.S brought texas.
U.S brought texas into the union. -
John O'Sullivan of the democtratic party
He said
"It is our manifest destiny to overspead the continent allotted by providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions"
Which has become a very famous saying from then on. -
Mexicans were stopped at the Rio Grande River
Mexicans were not allowed to cross the Rio Grande River. -
Arrival in Rio Grande
General Taylor's army arrived in Rio Grande. -
The first battle
General Taylor's army was surrounded and attacked by Mexicans. There were 16 killed, others were wounded and the rest were captured. -
The Whigs, Churches, Artists and Poets
The Whigs felt it was important to have California, but they wanted to get it without war. People of the church were either for the war or didn't say a word. Artists and Poets were very against the war. -
More states!
Not only U.S. citizons want Mexican land to have more slave states, they just wanted more states in general. -
The Irish Workmen
There were a group of Irish Workmen that were against the war because if the U.S. won, they would be more slave states. More slave states meant U.S. citizons would need more slaves; more slaves meant the Irish Workmen would lose their jobs to become slaves for no money. -
Suggestion of war!
In Polk's cabinet meeting, he suggests a declaration of war. -
Uncivilized Mexicans
The United States commoners thought of Mexicans of uncivilized beings. -
Henry David Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts
He refused to pay his poll taxes and spent that night in jail. His friends payed his taxes and he got out of jail the next day. -
Los Angeles Surrender
In Los Angeles, the Mexican army forced the U.S. to surrender, but only in L.A. -
The mexicans surrender in Los Angeles.
After they surrendered Los Angeles, Sickness was everywhere there. -
Abraham Lincon elected to congress
He was elected to congress and opposed Polk's idea of the war. -
Recruits!
Recruitment was crashing, so the requirements for physical was lowered. Anyone who could fine any recruits would get paid two extra dollars. -
General Arista's army faced Taylor's army.
General Arista's army had 5,000 men but Taylor's army had 3,000 men. This battle was at the Rio Grande River. -
Mexico surrendered
The United States were too much for mexico's army to handle. -
The horrible battle
A horrible battle was fought. Sickness and pain was everywhere after that battle. -
Henry David Thoreau gave a lecture.
His lecture was about "resistance to civil government" which later became the essay "Civil Disobedience". -
The war would interact with other races.
Some people did not support the war because they did not want people to interact with another race. Some thought a pure, white society to ideal to all. -
Volunteers for the war
Many people were volunterring for the war and most were immagrants. The reaon for this was because immagrants came to the country to work and the army had a good paycheck. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. The United States paid $15 million for half of Mexico. Although, America claimed they did not get it because they killed, they did. All paying for it did, was give them a good image. -
There were too many U.S citizens for the amount of states in the union.
Some people wanted more slave states than there were.
