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Manifest Destiny &
Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny
� Manifest� Clear or obvious
� Destiny� Events sure to happen
� America desired to expand because it was good & meant to happen
� Support for the idea grew in the 1840’s� Merging of political & economic goals
� Many people supported expansion through any means necessary
Texas
History
Summary
Notes
Stephen F. Austin
• “Father of
Texas”
• brought the
1st Anglo
settlers to
Texas in 1821
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Sam Houston
• Texas General -defeated Santa
Anna at the
Battle of San
Jacinto
• 1st President of the Republic
of Texas
Revolution and
Independence from Mexico
• Alamo – Feb/March 1836, San Antonio, Mexicans defeated
outnumbered Texans
• San Jacinto – April 21, 1836-Texans defeated the Mexican
army and captured
Santa Anna
TexasTexasTexasTexas as a nation (10 years)(10 years)(10 years)(10 years)
• Refused admission as a state to the
United States because of
1. Slavery
2. Possible war with Mexico
3. Texas debt
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Election of 1844
James K. Polk’s
campaign slogan –
“Fifty-four forty or
fight!”
Take over all of
Oregon as we
spreads west
Annex Texas
Opening The West
� Why people moved:
� To farm & ranch where land was plentiful
� Land speculators bought huge plots
� Broke it down and sold it in small parts to make a large profit
� Find jobs or escape debt or legal problems
� Find gold and become rich
Mountain men were from many different
backgrounds
They explored, found
new trails, shared their
knowledge of the land
Jim Beckwourth
Jedediah Smith
� Oregon
� In 1846, a formal agreementto divide between U.S. &
G.B.
� 49th parallel became
boundary between U.S. & Canada
� Oregon Trail � Used to settle the area
Mormon Trail� Mormons went west seeking religious freedom
� Blaze their own trail from Independence, MO to the Great Salt Lake
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Santa Fe Trail� Used to connect Missouri with the New Mexico Territory
� New Mexico seen as a place where traders could get rich
� Founder of the trail came back to MO with bags of gold & silver