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Mexico Attracting Settlers
Mexico tried to attract settlers to farm the land -
Mexico Outlawed Slavery
Friction developed between the Americans and the Mexicans when Mexico outlawed slavery and required all immigrants to convert to Roman Catholicism -
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Territorial and Economic Expansion
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Dictatorship
Made himself dictator of Mexico and abolished the federal system. -
America's Revolt
American settlers led by Sam Houston revolted and declared Texas to be an independent republic. -
President John Tyler
John Tyler was elected president. He was a southern Whig, who was worried about the growing influence of the British in Texas. -
Webster-Ashburtin Treaty of1842
split disputed territory between Maine and British Canada, and it settled the boundary of the Minnesota territory. -
REJECTED! John Tyler's treaty of annexation
The U.s. Senate rejected John Tyler's treaty of annexation. -
The Election Of 1844
Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren, feared that the annexation of Texas would split their parties. -
An American army patrol captured.
A mexican armycaptured an American army patrol, killing 11. -
The Treaty of Annexation was submitted to the Senate
The treaty of annexation was submitted to the Senate for ratification.Some Northerners viewed the treaty as a sellout to southern interests because it removed British Colimbia as a source of potential free states. -
Approptiations Bill
David Wilmot proposed that an appropriations bill be amended to forbid slavery in any of the new territories acquired from Mexico. -
The Capture of Mexico City
Scott's army of 14,000 succeeded in taking the coastal city of Vera Cruz and then captured Mexico City. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-Mexican Cession
- Mexico woould recognize the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas.
- The U.S. would take possession of the former Mexican provinces of California and New Mexico-thr Mexican Cession
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Mining Frontier
The discovery of gold in Caliifornia in 1848 set off the firt of many migrations to the mineral-rich mountains of the West. -
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Provided that neither nation would attempt to take exclusive control of any future canal route in Central America. -
Railroad Business
The U.S. government granted 2.6 million acres of federal land to build the Illinois Central Railroad from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, the first such federal land grant. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected to the presidency. -
William Walker Unsuccessful
Wialliam Walker tried to take Baja California from Mexico, but he didn't succeed. -
Gadsden Purchase
Mexico agreed to sell thousands of acres of semidesert land to the U.S. for $10 million. -
Foreign Commerce
Commodore Matthew C. Perry convinced Japan's government to agree to a treaty that opened two Japanese ports to U.S. trading vessels. -
William Walker's southerners
William Walker and a group of southerners finally took over Nicaragua in 1855. -
Panic of 1857
There was a serious drop in prices, especially for midwestern farmers, and increased unemployment in northern cities. The South was less affected, for cotton prices remained high. -
Overland Trails
Hundreds of thousands had reached their westward goal by following the Oregon, California, Santa Fe, and Mormon Trails.
