Day 17 Manifest Destiny
• Warm Up: Yellow Rose of Texas
• Homework: Cornell notes 130-138
Yellow Rose of TexasThere's a yellow rose of TexasThat I am going to seeNo other soldier knows herNo soldier, only me.She cried so when I left herIt like to broke my heartAnd if I ever find herWe never more will part.
She's the sweetest rose of colorThis soldier ever knewHer eyes are bright as diamondsThey sparkle like the dew.You may talk about your dearest MayAnd sing of Rosa LeeBut the Yellow Rose of TexasBeats the belles of Tennessee.
Oh, my heart is feeling wearyAnd my head is hanging lowI'm goin' back to GeorgyTo find my Uncle Joe.You may talk about your BeauregardAnd sing of Bobby LeeBut the Gallant Hood of TexasHe raised Hell in Tennessee.
Settling the Frontier• 1840’s Manifest Destiny
• People move west after
bank collapse of 1837• Santa Fe Trail- Missouri
to Santa Fe (New Spain)
• Organized Groups to avoid Native American attacks
• Oregon Trail- “Trail blazing”
• Mormons founded by John Smith moved west with Brigham Young
Texas Independence• September 16,1821• Very Few Mexicans in
Texas• Led by Stephen Austin
many new settlers from the south moved to Texas (20,000)
• Slave Issue• Call for greater self
governance by Austin• The Alamo• Sam Houston becomes
president of Texas
War with Mexico• James Polk (Pres. #11) calls for annexation of Texas as a slave state
• Polk tries to buy California and New Mexico (Mexico Refuses)
• John C. Fremont leads expedition into California. Mexico responds by sending troops into Texas
• Kearney meets no resistance in New Mexico (wealthy Mexicans wanted to join US)
California
• Bear Flag Rebellion in Sonoma1846
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848- Mexico loses California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona
• Gadsen Purchase
1849ers• 400 migrants in
1848 to 44,000 1850 (Doubling the population)
• In 5 years San Francisco was one of the most active cities in the world
• 2 billion dollars in 10 years
• Go West young Man!
1) What is manifest Destiny?2) Who repeatedly broke the treaty of Fort
Laremy?3) This trail went from Missouri to Oregon?4) Who led the Mormon to Utah?5) Why did the Mormons move west?6) Why did Mexico offer land to Texans?7) Who led the movement to Texas?8) The abandon church and Fort where
Americans were defeated by Mexican Troops
Art- American Western Romantics
• Cho-looke, the Yosemite Fall
Art-The Great Blue Heron (1821) by John James Audubon
Shooting for the Beef (1850)- George Caleb Bingham
Washington Crossing the Delaware 1851- Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze