Road to Secession Study Guide First Page

Election of 1840

• William Henry Harrison

  • John Tyler

• Van Buren

Distribution Act/Preemption Act/Tariff of 1842

Manifest Destiny - John O’Sullivan

• Slogan coined by Sullivan

• Motivation to head West

Aroostook War

• Canadian Lumberjacks v. American Lumberjacks

• caused Maine to be part of US

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

• 1842

• Maine-New Brunswick Border

Stephen Austin

Emprasarios

• People convincing settlers to come down to Texas

Santa Ana

• Mexican President

Sam Houston

Alamo (William Travis, Davey Crockett, Jim Bowie)

• People desperate for success

• Headed down to Texas

Battle of San Jacinto River

• Led to the annexation of Texas

Lone Star Republic

• Nickname for Texas

Annexation of Texas

• Caused majorly by San Jacinto

Francis Parkman - The Oregan Trail

• Book

Richard Henry Dana - Two years Before the Mast

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