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Manifest Destiny
Will it be free or slave?
Manifest Destiny
• It’s our God given right to expand our borders
• US decides to acquire more land
• (term coined by John O’Sullivan)
Acquiring Land
• THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE OF 1803
• THE SPANISH POSSESSIONS / SPANISH TEXAS AND OREGON COUNTRY (1818-1846)
• THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR (1846-1848)
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
• When: 1803
• Who: – France (Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte) – US (Thomas Jefferson)
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Louisiana Purchase of 1803• Where:
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http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Course%20Index/Lessons/4/LA%20Purchase.html
The Spanish Possessions
• What:– Oregon Country didn’t have an exact boundary;
• When: – Spanish Government signed the Adams-Ohnis
Treaty of 1819. – This treaty created the exact South West
boundary of Oregon and marked the dividing line of the Spanish territory below it.
Spanish Possessions
• Where:
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Spanish Possessions
• Florida– Andrew Jackson
went and fought there during the War of 1812
– Spain signed over Florida is the Adams-Ohnis Treaty as well.
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The Spanish Possessions
• What: British and US dispute over land.
• Why: British and the United States had claim to this territory (from 1818-1846).
• Significance: Compromise: Britain got Canada US got south of that- I think we got the better deal:)
The Mexican American War
• In pairs you are going to learn about the Mexican American War.
• Please go to the link I emailed you which is linked on my webpage as well.
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http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects06/magsylje/viewpoints.html