Why do groups in America NOT expand into Mexican lands

initially?Threats of war with Native Americans

NOTES: Manifest Destiny & the Mexican War

• Texas = BUFFER zone for Spanish [protect valued towns/mines]

• 1760 - 1,200 colonists in Texas• 1821 – Revolution w/Spain = Mexico’s

Independence• America recognizes [why?] • Lands = valuable weaknesses in Mex.

Govt/Econ (INFERIOR)

* Manifest Destiny and $

1.Oregon Country a)Settlers drawn by fur trade (& to convert Indians

– missions)b)Oregon Trail: overland route from Missouri to

Oregon harsh journey = many DIED!!!

JUST B/C IT’S INTERESTING

• Many died on journey

(treacherous conditions – i.e.,

starvation, disease, Indian attacks)

• The Donner Party story – stuck in snowstorm and

resorted to cannibalism to

survive

2.Mexico – encouraged American immigration in order to farm the land

a)Santa Fe Trail: trade route from Missouri to Santa Fe, NM

b)Drawn by cotton land (similar to South)

Mexicans received manufactured goods in exchange for horses, mules, furs, & silver

In order to come to Mexico, Americans had to (1) agree

to become a Mexican citizen, (2) worship as Roman

Catholics, and (3) accept constitution (banned

slavery)

3. Missouri Compromise = Fight over LA purchase land (36 30’)a)North of Missouri = freeb)South of Missouri = slavec)The remaining LA Territory would remain= free

(slavery was to be excluded) o No one EVER thought the “Great American Desert” would ever be

settled, so slavery NOT an issue….YET!

New Spain (Mexico)

Oregon Country

Unorganized Territory

Arkansas Territory

Missouri Compromise Line 36*30’N

MO

ME

Closed off to slavery

* Background on Texas1. Mexico closes borders to Americans [Anglo-

Texans] (b/c Mexico opposed slavery)

a) Americans IGNORE … come illegally

b) Americans outnumber Mexicans (Tejanos) 6:1

Problems…..Unsteadiness in Mexico

Allows General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to seize power

Favors centralized, authoritarian rule (ehh…dictator much!?!?!?!)

I AM POWER

and I will DESTROY

YOU!!!

Alamo Background• Home to missionaries & their Indian

converts for ~ 70 years (1773, Sp officials seize lands Indians remain - farmers)

• Early 1800s = Spanish military station (during Mexico’s war for independence

• Dec 1835: Texas Revolution Texan Tejano’s take over Alamo Feb 1836, General Santa Anna surprised them

2.General Santa Anna = dictator of Mexicoa)Orders Americans be disarmed and

deportedb)200 Anglo-Texans vs. 4,000 Mexicans

(Tejanos) fight at Alamo … Mexicans win - those that surrender (attempted to escape) =

shot/slain!

FIRE the CANNON!!!

Alamo 12 days of cannon fire, then Mexican troops

overrun walls of the Alamo in the predawn hours of March

6th, 1836

3. Other Texans = inspireda)“Remember the

Alamo” = remember the bravery and brutal heroism

b)Attack / defeat Santa Anna … Texas = Independent

1836 – Texans est. Lone Star

Republic

About a month after the Alamo, Santa Anna’s forces defeated – Santa Anna was captured (hiding in a marsh dressed as a

private) signs a treaty fearing execution

* Mexican War (US vs. Mex.)1846-1848

1.1.CausesCauses a)Manifest destiny: belief that the US was

destined to rule all of N. Am. b)Southern desire to add slave statesc)Mexico refuses to sell CAd)Mexico offended when US annexes TX

US has advant

age over

Mexico b/c (1) larger,

(2) more $,

& (3) more

people

2. EffectsEffects a)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

- Rio Grande = southern border of US - Mexico cedes (gives up) CA & NM

b) Gadsden Purchase …final land deal to seal continental US

c) Inc. Sectional Tension – fight over new land - Wilmot Proviso – failed bill to stop

expansion of slavery in lands from Mex.

OMG its complete!!!

What do you get when you mix a insect with a rabbit??????

• Bugs bunny hahahahahah