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By: Cassidy Arnold & Taylor Mastin & Jaron James

The Louisiana PurchasePresident Jefferson decided to

purchase Louisiana from the French because…

It was unconstitutional Jefferson privately tried to purpose a

constitutional amendment be passed Jefferson's friend pointed out his wrongs in the

amendment Jefferson submitted the treaty to senate

The Convention of 1818 The boundary between British North America and

the US as a line from the farthest northwest point of Lake of the Woods "north or south, as the case may be" to the 49th parallel and thence west along the parallel to the "Stony" [Rocky] Mountains. The area west of the Rocky Mts was to be "free and open" to either Britain or the US for the next 10 years.

Source:http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/convention-of-1818/

Adams-Onis Treaty 1819 Between the United States and Spain in

1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain(now Mexico)

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams-On%C3%ADs_Treaty

The Missouri Compromise It prohibited slavery in the former

Louisiana Territory north of the Parallel 36°30′ north except within the

boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. The 1820 passage of Missouri Compromise took place during the presidency of James Monroe.

The Indian Removal Act A law passed by Congress on May 28, 1830,

during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with

Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands.

Worcester v. Georgia One of the results of President Jackson

assertion that allowed states authority to intended laws over American Indian lands.

1832- Georgia could not regulate the Cherokee nation by law or invade that state

Jackson refused, he said “John Marshall made his decision, now let him enforce it”

The Trail Of Tears Cherokee are prisoners Dragged from houses & camped at

forts Weren't allowed to take any belongings

besides the clothing on there backs

Texas Rev. & Mexican War

What ultimately led President Polk to provoke war with Mexico?

Polk wants Texas because of manifest destiny.

South was FOR Texas because it is a slave state. (Mexicans would own them)

North was AGAINST Texas because they would become a slave state.

Manifest Destiny The phrase “manifest destiny”

expressed the belief that the U.S. was ordained to expand the pacific ocean and into Mexican and native territory.