Chapter 13Puppet Plays

Section 1:Oregon Country

Section 2:Republic of Texas

Section 3:Oregon Country

Section 4: Oregon Country

Section 5: Oregon Country

Topics

Section 1: Oregon Country

Section 1: Oregon Country

Rocky Mountains

Oregon Washington IdahoWyoming Montana West. Canada

Varied along Pacific Coast, the soil is fertile.

Temperatures are mild year round, rain is plentiful.

UnitedStates Great Britain Spain Russia

A) Great Britain & America

B) Agreeing to equal rights in Oregon

Mountain Men

Led settler across Rockies in present day Wyoming. Led

through the South Pass. An African American escaped

slavery. Discovered a pass through the Sierra Nevadas.

Missionaries

Planned to convert NA to Christianity

Wanting others to join, they helped stir interest

Spread disease, a measles epidemic hit

the Cayuse

Oregon TrailIndependence

Risk of drowning as the settlers crossed rivers of their expedition.

Weather: Heat on the plains, storms, and snow in mountains.

The spread of disease such as Cholera

Section 2: The Republic of

Texas

Texas FarmersStephenAustin

A) 1830 Mexico stopped Americans rom settling in Texas

B) Mexico Began enforcing Laws that Texans disagreed with

AlamoWeapons, Food

Water, Medicine

1506,000

1801,500

VolunteersSam Houston

San JacintoTreaty

Mexican Govt. refused the treaty signed by Santa Anna

Texas was nearly bankruptThe threat of attack

Section 3: California and the Southwest

California New Mexico NevadaArizona Utah Colorado

William Becknell

Native Americans

Roman Catholic

Overwork & DiseaseRanches

Try to Purchase California from Mexico

Manifest Destiny

James K. Polk's beliefs

Try to Purchase California from Mexico

Officials wanted California Ports

Spread of expansion beliefs, took lands from

NA & Mexicans

Added Texas and Oregon

Section 4: The Mexican

War

Wanted to avoid conflict with Britain. Divide at 49

degrees North.Senate refused to ratify

the treaty of Texas independence.

Mexicans Border

Rio GrandeNueces

Congress

Mexico had to cede (give up) all of California and New Mexico for $15

million from the United States

Brought ideas of democracy

Newcomers treated Native Americans and Mexicans unjustly.

Mexican Americans taught them how to mine and irrigate crops

Section 5: Americans Rush West

Mormons

Joseph Smith

Owning Property in CommonMen could have more than

one wife

Refuge

Brigham Young UtahSutter’s Mill

80,000 people moved to California in 1849

Many People went broke Increase in Crime

California is admitted into the Union in 1850

A) People from all over world moved to California

B) Mexicans and NA lost land their families had owned

C) Chinese immigrants faced prejudices in California

D) Richest African American Population of any State

E) African Americans faced discriminations, a free state.