1. Ch. 13: Manifest Destiny (1818-1853)
P. 351

2. Lesson 1: The Oregon Country
P. 354

3. Rivalry in the Northwest
Oregon Country: claimed by 4 countries
United States
Great Britain
Spain
Russia

4. Adams-Onis Treaty 1819: Spain gives up FL, claims to Oregon
1824: Russia gives up its claim to land south of Alaska
Britain & U.S.: joint occupation of Oregon

5. Mountain Men in Oregon
American Fur Company: Oregon Country’s leading fur company (beaver pelts)
Over time, some mountain men moved to Oregon & settled on farms
Others carve out passages, guide settlers west
Oregon Trail, California Trail, Santa Fe Trail, etc.

6. Oregon and Manifest Destiny
Marcus & Narcissa: missionaries, built a mission among the Cayuse people in present-day Washington
Measles epidemic kills many Cayuse children
Cayuse blame the Whitmans
1847: Cayuse kill the Whitmans & 11 others
Massacre does not scare away other emigrants in their prairie schooners

7. Oregon and Manifest Destiny (cont.)
It is America’s “Manifest Destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us.”
1844 presidential election
James Polk (Democrat): “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”
Polk wins, becomes 11th president ( )
1846: U.S. and Britain compromise
Oregon’s northern border set at 49˚ N latitude

8. Lesson 2: Statehood for Florida and Texas
P. 359

9. Florida Floridians vote to seek statehood
1839: FL constitution sent to U.S. Congress for approval
Allowed slavery (problem)
Called for a system of public schools
1845: FL becomes slave state (27th state); Iowa becomes free state

10. Texas 1821: Mexico wins independence from Spain, includes Texas
Texas: small population (mainly Native Americans & Tejanos)
Mexicans offer land to people who would bring families to settle there
Americans go, supposed to become Mexican citizens
Outnumber Mexicans
Tejanos break Mexicans’ rules
Don’t learn Spanish
Don’t become Catholic
Use slaves

11. Texas (cont.) 1830: Mexico issues decree
Closes borders to further immigration
Texans: break away from Mexico?
1835: Mexican General Santa Anna leads army into Texas

12. The Alamo Feb 1836: ~180 Texans barricade themselves inside the Alamo
Leaders: Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, Jim Bowie
Hold off Mexicans for 13 days
March 6: Mexicans enter Alamo, kill all rebels (exc. a few women, children & servants)
“Remember the Alamo!”

13. Texas Declares its Independence
March 2, 1836: Republic of Texas established
April 21, 1836: Sam Houston surprises Mexicans at Battle of San Jacinto, killing or capturing almost everyone
May 14, 1836: Santa Anna signs treaty recognizing Texan independence
September 1836: Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
Wants U.S. to annex Texas
Jackson refuses (not another slave state)
1845: Polk annexes Texas

14. Quiz Topics Countries that claimed Oregon Country Adams-Onis Treaty
Joint occupation
Marcus & Narcissa Whitman
Mountain men
Why Florida was allowed to become a state
Why Americans moved to Texas
The Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Why some people did not want Florida or Texas to become states