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Manifest Destiny


The Accession of "Tyler Too"
-Henry Clay and Daniel Webster want to control the newly elected president Willian H. Harrison, but he died from pneumonia.


President Without a Party
-John Tyler becomes president=whig party but democrat at heart


War of Words with England
-WAR OF WORDS with Britain
          -Caroline burned by the British
          -Creole captured by runaway slaves

Manipulating the Maine Maps
-Ashburton-Wbster Treaty
          -adjusted the U.S. Canadian border in Maine and Minnesota (Mesabie iron ore)


The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone
-Texas
         -signs treaty with France, Holand, and Belgium
         -could not annex Texas without war with Mexico


The Belated Texas Nuptials 
-becomes 28th state
-Candidates Henry Clay=Whig    James K. Polk=Democrat
-James K. Polk 1844 election winner


Oregon Fever Populates Oregon
-England and U.S. has claims to Oregon but they co-exist peacefully
-Columbia River=England claims but Americans settle there in vast numbers


A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny
-Manifest Destiny
-John O' Sullivan
-Clay looses election because hes says two things at one


Polk the Purposeful
-lowered tariffs
-restored independent treasury
-acquired Oregon with the northern border of the 49th parrallel


Misunderstands with Mexico
-Sent John Slidell to buy California for $25 million dolllars=rejected
-Texas boundary is Rio Grande and Polk defends


American Blood on American (?) Soil
-Zachary Taylor and 4,000 men march from Nueces River to Rio Grande
-The "blood shed"
"spooty Lincoln"


The Mastering of Mexico
-Santa Anna
-Mexican-American War
-Stephen W. Kearny
-John C. Fremont
-Bear Flag Republic


Fighting Mexico for Peace
-Nicholas Trist
-Treaty of Guadlaupe Hidalgo
-John C. Calhoun


Profit and Loss in Mexico
-Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant+future expiernce for Civil War
-Other losses and Profits
-David Wilmot=Wilmot Proviso=shot down



-- Edited by SBarao at 17:36, 2007-01-18

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