John Tyler

Party: Whig10th President

Years as President: 1841-1845

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jtyler.html

The Cabinet

• Vice President: None

• Secretary of State: Daniel Webster (1841-1843), Abel P. Upshur (1843-1844), John C. Calhoun (1844-1845)

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Personal Life

• Born on March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia• Education: Graduated from the College of William and Mary

in 1807 • Profession: Lawyer• Died on January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia at the age of 72http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jtyler.html

How He Became President

• John Tyler never ran for President. He was the Vice President to William Henry Harrison, who died 32 days after becoming President. After Harrison’s death, John Tyler replaced him as President.

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States Added to the Union

• Florida, the 27th state, in 1845http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida

Texas, the 28th State, added under…

• Many sources say that Texas was annexed during Tyler’s time in office. However, Texas was annexed on December 29, 1845, months after Tyler left office. Based on this information, it can be assumed that Tyler was a strong advocate for the annexation of Texas, but this was not achieved until Polk took over office after Tyler.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johntylerhttps://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/annexation/part5/question12.html

Important Terms• Tyler vetoed a banking bill proposed by Whig members of

Congress, leading his Whig Cabinet members to resign (with the exception of Daniel Webster.) This ultimately led to his expulsion from the Whig party. (1841) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johntyler

• Independent Treasury System Repealed (1841): Only one year after its creation, the Independent Treasury Act was repealed. The Whig party repealed it hoping to create a new central bank. Tyler, however objected the new creation because it was unconstitutional. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0858776.html

• Brook Farm Established (1841): This farm was created under the transcendentalists. They believed that physical labour was essential for mental wellbeing and health. The main purpose was to allow everyone to have an equal chance for spiritual, economic and intellectual growth. It allowed for almost complete equality between people, which was a founding idea of the country. http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/brhistory.html

• Oregon Fever (1841): Americans wanted to settle in Oregon because of how beautiful and rich the land was. Huge numbers of people travelled on the Oregon Trail. Most settlers were antislavery, which would support antislavery causes (as well as the Civil War) in the future.

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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty: Settled a land dispute between the US and Britain over boundaries between the Northern states and Canada. The US gained some land because of the treaty. The land defines our northeastern border with Canada. (1842) http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h357.html

Slave Mutiny on the Creole: 134 slaves on the Creole rebelled and sailed the ship to the British port of Nassua. The British refused to hand over the slaves and ships to America because slavery was outlawed by the British. It was an example of foreign opinion and laws effecting the US. (1841) http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/cite/creole1841.htm

• Massachusetts passed the first child labour laws in the US. These limited the hours child could work a day. This is important industrialization and workers rights. (1842) http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1840to1849.html

• Samuel F.B. Morse invents the telegraph. This revolutionized communication. He also created Morse code which is still used today by the military and other groups. (1844)

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm

Positive Quotes

• “It was noble of him to tell his party that he did not support their bill. He was not afraid to go against his peers in order to do what he felt was right.” Alisa Fried

• “‘The Accidental President,’ as this book shows, deserves much better treatment than he has received.” William G. Shade, a history professor at Lehigh University.

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Negative Quotes

• “His Accidency” -a nickname given to him by detractors. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johntyler

• "No one ever thought of his being placed in the executive chair ... with talents not above mediocrity.” John Quincy Adams on John Tyler becoming president.

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• Tyler "was now a president without a party.” Henry Clay, delighted about Tyler’s expulsion from the Whig Party.

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Contributions• Florida was added to the Union. This increased land in the country and,

because it was originally owned by Spain, created more cultural diversity. (Positive)

• Webster-Ashburton Treaty prevented violent conflict between England and America. It also promoted better relations with Canada and gave America more land. (Positive)

• He applied the Monroe Doctrine to Hawaii and began the process towards the eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States. This would add more land to the US and create a strategic navy base later on. (Positive) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler

• Tyler brought the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842. He created peace in Florida. (Positive) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler

• Independent Treasury System was objected by Tyler because he believed it was unconstitutional. (Positive)

• Alisa Fried • Pd 7• Mr. Hoefler