The exploration of the West in the th century Prepared by BogdanovaTanya (A-201) and Milyaev Stas( A-202)

The West The West includes 13 states :Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii It occupies about 3 millions sq km

States

“Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West.” F. J. Turner Notion “the West”: 1)Line of waterfalls- Appalachian 2)Appalachian- Mississippi River 3)Mississippi River- Rocky Mountains 4)Rocky Mountains- The Pacific Ocean

“Go to the West, youth, and grow with this country” John Saul Date Events 1763Proclamation Line was established 1783The Paris Peace Treaty 1803Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition

Date Events 1818Anglo-American Convention 1846The Oregon Treaty Mexican-American War 1845Manifest Destiny The California Gold Rush 1867Annexation of Alaska 1898Annexation of Hawaii

The first American West 1)Territories of Kentucky and Ohio River 1654-first steps in Kentucky 1792-Kentucky as a state of the U.S first steps in Ohio 1803 Ohio as a state of the U.S.

The Parish Peace Treaty of 1783

Louisiana Purchase 1803

Arkansas Missouri Iowa Oklahoma Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, the portions of Montana Wyoming, and Colorado and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River

Lewis and Clark expedition Quest- explore the territory and find a water route across the country. The expedition started on May 14,1804 in St. Louis Was headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and assisted by Sacagawea. It ended on September 23,1806 results- gained the loyalty and friendship of tribes and mapped the new territory

Annexation of the Oregon Country 1818-Anglo-American Convention : -Boundary along 49 th parallel between the USA and British North America -This countries can both settle in the Oregon country The Oregon Treaty: -This Treaty established the 49th parallel as the boundary between the USA and British North America to the Pacific Ocean.

Mexican-American War The war began on April 25, 1846 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory in spite of the 1836 Texas Revolution.

Mexican-American War The war ended on February 2, 1848 The United States gave Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Manifest destiny is a term that was used in the 19th century to designate the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean First appeared in 1839 and was used in 1845.

The California Gold Rush Is a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California started at near Sutter's Mill on the 24th of January, 1848

Last states On March 30, 1867 The US Senate purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire. In 1898 the United States annexed Hawaii and gave it status “territory”

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