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Mexico Attracts Settlers
-Mexico hoped to attract settlers to farm northern frontier provinces -
Mexico's Abolition
Mexico outlawed slavery and required all immigrants to convert to Roman Catholicism -
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Territorial and Economic Expansion
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Dictatorship
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna made himself dictator of Mexico and abolished the federal system. -
Texas's revolt
American settlers led by Sam Houston revolted and declared Texas an independent republic. -
President Tyler
Whig candidate John Tyler was elected president -
The Webster -Ashburton Treaty of 1842
The disputed territory between Maine and British Canada was split between the two -
Tyler's attempt at annexation
U.S. senate rejected Tyler's attempt to annex Texas. The treaty of annexation -
The Election of 1844
The democratic nomination for presidency was the proslavery, proannexation, John C. Calhoun. -
Telegraph
An electric telegraph demonstrated by creator Samuel F.B. Morse helped with industry growth -
War with Mexico
President Polk sent John Slidell to try and sell Mexico and California territories to the U.S. and settle the Mexico-Texas border dispute. -
A cause of war
President Polk ordered the General Zachary Taylor led U.S. army to move toward the Rio Grande, but a Mexican army came and captured a U.S. patrol and 11 soldiers. -
California Republic
John C. Fremont overthrew Mexican rule in northern California and proclaimed it an independent republic -
Dividing Oregon
The senate passed the teaty to divide Oregon down the 49th parallel. -
Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot proposed a bill to outlaw slavery in the new territories -
Military Campaign
Americans won a major victory at Buena Vista after driving the Mexican army back to northern Mexican -
Vera Cruz
General Winfield Scott captured the Mexican city of Vera Cruz on orders by President Polk -
Treaty of Guadalupe
Negotiated by American diplomat Nicholas Trist it provided that Mexico would recognize the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas and the U.S. would take control of former Mxican provinces and the U.S. would pay 15 million dollars -
Gold Rush
Gold rush to California -
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Ensured that neither Great Britain or the U.S. would try an take exclusive control of a Central American canal -
U.S. Grant
U.S. government granted 2.6 million acres of federal land to build the Illinois Central Railroad -
President Pierce
Elected President -
Attempt at Baja
William Walker unsuccessfully tried to take Baja California from Spain -
Mexico Sells
Mexico agreed to sell thousands of acres of semidesert to the U.S. for 10 million dollars -
Perry and Japan
Perry convinced Japan to open two Japanese ports to U.S. vessels -
William's excapade
William Walker led a group of mostly southerners and took over Nicaragua -
Panic of 1857
The economic boom ended with a finacial drop -
Walker dead
William Walker was executed by Honduran authorities -
Alaska
Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Gave the U.S. a free hand to build a canal without British participation