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Westward Expansion
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Louisiana Purchase
In the end, Jefferson decided that he did have the authority to buy Louisiand. The constitution he reasoned, allowed the President to make treaties. At his request, the Senate approved the treaty, and the Louisiana puschase went into effect. -
Oregon trail being traveled
Oregon had seem a distant and aby the place, yet early 1850s
large numbers of pioneers were heading across the great plains to the far west. There presence would support the claims of the united states to Oregon and the nation into confilt with great Britain -
U.S Mexican War
Before Stephen Austin could establish his colony mexico won independence from spain. Austin went to Mexico City to make sure the new government supported the land grant, the new leaders agreed to let Austin bring settlers to Texas.Mexico wanted settlers to devolep the land and control indians attacks. At the time only about 4000 Mexicans lived in texas. -
Erie Canal being finished
By 1825 the job was finished. On opening day of the Erie Canal, a cannon fired a volley in buffalo, New York. When the sound got out to the next town along the route, that way to New York City. the Thunderous salute took 80 minutes to complete. -
Indian Removal Act.
Jackson supporters in congress pushed through the Indian removal act in 1830, forced many native americans to move west of the Mississippi. -
Mormon Trail.
The largest group of settlers to move into the mexican cession were the mormons -
The Alamo
Mexican troops began the siege of the Alamo. The Texan defenders bravely held out as cannon pounded the walls, still Travis knew that without help, the Defenders were doomed, he sent a messenger through the Mexican lines with a letter adderssed to the people of Texas. -
Texas Gaining Independence.
Many came from the United States. Houston worked hard to turn the volunteers into an effective army. The Texans were eager to attack, but Houston held them back until the time was right. -
Trail of Tears
The United States army drove more than 15 thousand cherokees westward. The cherokees'long sorrowful journey west became known as the trail of tears. -
Texas annexed by the United States
In the United states people were divided about wether to annex or add on to Texas. -
Mexican Secession
It signed the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidago mexico had to cede or give up all of California and New Mexico, to the United States. -
California Gold Rush
While the mormons were making the long trek to Utah, Thousands of other Americans were racing even farther west to California, the great attraction there was the gold. -
California becoming a state.
The gold rush brought big changes to california. Almost overnight, San Francisco grew from a sleepy town to a bustling city as newcomers poured in from all over quickly. -
Gadsden Purchase
United states paid Mexico ten million for a strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico
