Period 5

Also known as the “Convention respecting fisheries boundary and the restoration of slaves,”
U.S. and Great Britain agreement - also smoothed tensions with Canada
- 1st term of James Monroe
Established 49th parallel as northern border to the “stony Mountains” (Rockies)
- Last major loss of US territory in our history

Treaty of 1818
- Established “Joint-Occupancy” of Oregon Territory between British and U.S.
Treaty of 1846 (“Oregon Treaty”)
- British ceded territory south of 49th parallel to U.S.
- British moved from Fort Vancouver to Fort Victoria

Term used to express the idea that Americans

were destined by God to settle North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Expansionists justified their views by pointing to the weakness of the Mexican government and economy
They argued that the Mexicans, whom many Americans regarded as inferior, did not deserve to keep lands so badly needed for American settlement.
Expansionists were soon using the term Manifest Destiny to refer to the belief that God wanted the U.S. to own all of North America.
There were many daring young American trappers who hunted for beaver pelts in the Rockies.
Restless in their pursuit of furs, the Mountain Men thoroughly probed the Rockies, making important discoveries.
In 1836, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman (both missionaries) followed a different trail that ed them to Oregon County, this became known as the Oregon Trail.
In 1847, the Whitman were killed by Native Americans who blamed them for a deadly measles epidemic.
400,000 people will use this trail (20k will die)
- Only 80,000 actually make it to Oregon territory

Brigham Young takes over The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in 1847. Joseph SMiwth is killed by a mob in Illinois in 1844