Manifest Destiny Territories

Manifest Destiny

the idea that it was God's will that the U.S. expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Economic reasons for Manifest Destiny

new land for farmers; new trade routes and markets (Santa Fe Trail); new opportunities to start a business; GOLD RUSH

Political reasons for Manifest Destiny

expansion of our nation's borders/territory; extend American democracy; expansion of slavery

Social reasons for Manifest Destiny

to spread the American way of life; refuge for persecuted groups (Mormons)

Gadsden Purchase

1853, $10 million, for a southern railroad route to California

Florida

1819, bought from Spain for $5 million in the Treaty of Adams-Onis

Texas Annexation

1845, Republic of Texas is added as a state.

Mexican Cession

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. pays Mexico $15 million for the land of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

California Gold Rush

People will rush to CA in search of gold - starts at Sutter's mill in 1848

Forty-niners

People that rushed to California in hopes of finding gold.

War with Mexico

started over a border dispute in the south of Texas.

Treaty of Paris Territory

1783 - This treaty ended the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the American colonies, and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River

Louisiana Purchase

1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

Red River Basin

WHEN: 1818

FROM: Britain

HOW: Convention of 1818

Oregon Territory

Split between U.S. and Great Britain, established the northern border of the US at the 49th parallel

James K. Polk (1845-1849)

Mr. Manifest Destiny - Added more territory to the US (by any means) than any other President.

Mexican American War

(1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory. War begins due to a border dispute within the state of Texas.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of present day Texas, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah in exchange for $15 million