1. Agenda March 8, 2017
Do Now: Answer this question in your notebook: What might would motivate people from 1830’s America to leave their home and family to start a new life? Please explain why you made this choice.
Complete the timeline. – review and complete all topics on Oregon Country Timeline
Exit ticket: Activity - see slide 21 for prompts and answer in your SS notebook
Homework: E.Q. sheets due March 21.

2. Santa Fe Trail opens
U.S. Settlers begin to trade with the Mexican government and settle Mexican territory.

3. Dr. John Floyd calls for Congress to support Oregon Settlement.
First call by American citizens to have government support for migration to Oregon

4. Joint Occupation agreement renewed
John Q. Adams renews(continues) the joint occupancy policy due to limited settlement of Oregon.

5. Dr. Marcus Whitman leads a missionary trip to Oregon
First attempt by white men to convert Oregon natives to Christianity. Missionaries(priests) write about the massive amount of land available for settlement and the friendly relationships with Native Americans.

6. Jason Lee asks Congress to secure Oregon Country for the United States
Major attempt by American citizen to call for government to give land grants to settlers and to have Washington make laws for Oregon Country.

7. First trip of Pioneers from Independence Missouri to Oregon
Mountain men lead a small band of settlers from Missouri to Oregon using a collection of Indian paths known as the “Oregon Trail”. Mountain men now become guides for settlers headed west.

8. First Wagon Train of 1,000 departs for Oregon country on the Oregon Trail
Known as the Great Emigration first mass migration of Americans to Oregon territory

9. The Wolf Meeting
Started as a meeting of local leaders to stop attacks by wolves and other animals on livestock. Resulted in the creation of Oregon’s constitution and formation of the government.

10. Slavery outlawed in Oregon
Slavery was outlawed but blacks and mixed race persons faced severe settlement restrictions.

11. Stephen Meek leads settlers on a “short cut” through the Oregon territory.
Mountain man leads 200 settlers on an unexplored section of the Oregon trail and all of the families that accompany him die.

12. U.S. Mexican War
U.S. gains California, Utah, Nevada, Montana, New Mexico in treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ends the war.

13. Mormon migration Westward
5,000 Mormons travel to Utah to escape religious persecution. Found Deseret (Modern day Salt Lake City).

14. U.S. British treaty sets boundary between U.S. and Canada
U.S. gets the land that will become Oregon and Washington state and the British get the land that will become British Columbia.

15. Oregon Territory established
Oregon gains territorial status but due to sectional tensions and low population does not apply for statehood.

16. Gold Discovered in Sutter’s Mill
Start of mass migration of Americans from the East looking for gold in California. Causes the population of California, Oregon and Utah to expand as settlers look for gold.

17. Many Oregonians Leave for California
One third of the 10,000 settlers living in Oregon leave the territory to find gold.

18. Gold Discovered in Oregon
Oregon population expands as settlers look for gold along the Oregon/ Washington Cost.

19. Washington Territory Founded
Washington state separates from Oregon territory and declares itself an independent territory.

20. Oregon gains statehood
Amid Civil War tensions Oregon gains statehood.

21. Summarization Activity – identify the 3 topics from the Oregon Country chart that you think were the most important – justify your choices 2 – identify 2 topics from the Oregon Country chart that you think had the biggest impact or contribution the idea of Manifest Destiny – justify your choices 1 – identify the 1 event from you chart that you think was the key to opening the west to American settlement.