Manifest destiny• The belief of expansion

of America from sea to sea.

• John L. O’Sullivan

Oregon Country • Huge area of land between

the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains ,North of California

• Washington and Oregon • Treaty of Green Bay • 2000 miles • Great Plains and Rocky

Mountains• 54 degrees-40 minutes

Texas• Texas won their independence from Mexico and

asked to be admitted to the United States.• 1803• Asked the Mexican government to confirm his

father’s land grant.• Immigration to the United States. It angered

them.• General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.• A small Texan force barricade inside a nearby

mission.• March 2,1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos• Sam Houston

Battle of San Jacinto• April 21,1836.

“Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!” Santa Anna signed a treaty for Texas’ independence after being captured. Because it had too much conflict with Texas. December 29, 1845. James K. Polk.

War with Mexico• New Mexico and California• William Becknell’s route that left the Missouri River

near Independence, Missouri, and crossed the prairies to the Arkansas River.

• It inspired them.• Mild climate, scenic beauty, and abundance of natural

resources.• That way the nation would be safely bordered by the

sea instead of by a foreign power.• The Rio Grande • Nueces River• They agreed that the attack was grounds for the war

with Mexico.• He thought it was disgraceful and cruel.• A flag with a bear and a star on a white background.• General Winfield Scott• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- February 1848• Rio Grande• California and New Mexico• Gadsden Purchase • Arizona and New Mexico

New Settlers in California and Utah• 1849/California/Forty-Niners• Sierra Nevada Mountain Range• Mexico, South America,

Europe, and Australia.• Boomtown- a new community.• It grew from a tiny village to a

city of about 20,000 people.• He was a Jewish immigrant

that sold the miners sturdy pants made of denim. They were called “Levi’s.”

Religious Refuge in Utah• Mormons• Joseph Smith• He formed a community

in New York.• Brigham Young• Near the Great Salt Lake

in present-day Utah.• 1896