PPT-American Expansion in Texas

Tejas Tejas was on the northern edge of Spanish settlement in Mexico The first settlers arrived in the 1680s and established missions as they had done in California and New Mexico Local Indians were often pressed into forced labor . CH. 9 Sec. . 2. Texas. Both . Adams and Jackson attempted to purchase Texas from . Mexico. Mexico held on to it primarily as a . buffer to U.S. expansion. Texas. 1823- Mexican grant to Moses Austin to bring settlers to Texas is exercised by his son, Stephen . -Get into groups of 3 or 4 (this will be specified). -individuals not in a group and groups that do not meet the specified requirement will lose 10 points per person. -arrange the desks so you are all facing each other. Chapter 13. Westward Expansion complicated the issue of slavery. Missouri Compromise. Line drawn across the Louisiana Purchase. North of the line was ant-slavery, South of the line had slavery. The compromise failed to answer the questions of the West. Spanish-American War (1898). Explain why significant events and individuals including, the Spanish–American War, . (US.S. Maine) ; . U.S. expansionism (Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippine Islands), [Henry Cabot Lodge, Alfred Thayer Mahan], and Theodore Roosevelt, moved the U.S. into the position of a world power. (TEKS US 3A) (TAKS 1) . Manifest Destiny. American Expansion: . 1835-1848. John Louis . O’Sullivan. . “And that claim is by the right of our . manifest destiny. to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.”. Economic growth in America was linked and influenced by a host of events elsewhere in the world, particularly in England.. The British Industrial Revolution spurred technical innovations that had far-reaching implications.. The indications of American cultural nationalism that were . beginning to . emerge during the first two decades of the 19. th. century. . OR…. The Growth of. American Cultural Nationalism From . 1800-1820. How did it Affect the American Indians?. “Manifest Destiny”. 1872 John . Gast. “Spirit of the Frontier”. What is happening here?. How does this represent Americans’ way of thinking at this time?. Lesson 2: Expansion Leads to Imperialism. Essential Question. How has the concept of American expansion shaped foreign policy?. Key Vocabulary. Western Frontier: Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis. NEW QUESTION – PAY ATTENTION!!. The Texas Constitution of . 1845. was similar to the constitution of . Louisiana . NEW QUESTION – PAY ATTENTION!!. What is popular sovereignty?. Power belongs to the people. and the. Mexican War. US HISTORY. . EOC REVIEW. USHC 2.2. Explain how the . Monroe Doctrine. and the concept of . Manifest Destiny . affected the United States’ relationships with foreign powers, including the role of the United States in the . ish. ) -1877. Main Idea:. As the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war- the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.. Tejas. Tejas. was on the northern edge of Spanish settlement in Mexico. . The first settlers arrived in the 1680s and established missions as they had done in California and New Mexico. Local Indians were often pressed into forced labor. . Meriwether Lewis William Clark. Westward Expansion . was from 1801 to 1861. Americans began to explore more territories to expand the U.S. . Main Territories explore:. Louisiana Purchase (1803).