Conflict between America and Britain started up again over disputed territory along the border of Maine. A 1783 peace treaty had left a gray area of land which both countries claimed. Eventually was settled, and the modern-day northern border of Maine was mapped out, a compromise between both sides of the argument. Texas was still calling itself the Lone Star Republic, and still under pressure from Mexican military. The Mexican government regarded Texas as a province in revolt, and threatened military action should America try to annex the state into the Union. Oregon territory was another area of dispute between Britain and America. Britains claims to the land were based on their early exploration and discovery of the area. The United States also claimed that they had explored Oregon before, with Lewis and Clark. Another strong point that America had was the amount of settlers living in the Oregon territory. This alone enforced Americas rather weak exploration argument. The debate over Oregon and Texas became the major point of interest in the 1844 Presidential elections. Democratic candidate James K. Polk won the Presidency against Henry Clay because of his firm believe in manifest destiny. This philosophy was that America was destined to spread across the Northern hemisphere. In Polks administration, he succeeded in acquiring Texas to the Union, lowering the Tariff of 1842, restoring the independent treasury , gaining California and settling the Oregon debate. After annexation of Texas, Americans cooled on the idea of reoccupying the whole of Oregon, and were no longer pushing for the 54/40 line, but would settle at the 49th parallel. When this offer was made to the British government, it was quickly rejected. Soon, Britain lost interest in the Columbia River area, and in 1846, returned the offer of the 49th parallel to the American government. Polk resorted to force to acquire California. Polk reached an agreement with the exiled dictator of Mexico, Santa Anna that if he were brought out of Cuba, he would help the Americans in their effort against his country. As soon as he was released, Anna escaped into Mexico and began rallying his countrymen against the Americans. The effort against Mexico was easily won. America gained access to California, and eventually the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was created, which officially gave America Texas, as well as the entire area between Texas and Oregon, including California.
Now, the debate over slave or free states would continue to become more and more heated as America carved new states out of the territory acquired by the war.
I'll post the 10 points later on. I just realized what time it was
Why was Manifest Destiny over-looked by some? Don't you think it's a good idea? It entitles more space to spread out and grow stronger as a country. What are some of the negatives of this idea?
1. Britain had small claims in the Northern hemisphere located in Maine and Oregon, which were both downsized after compromises between England and America.
2. Texas opened negotiations with England and France to avoid an attack from Mexico
3. The Oregon Trail became a major route to the west during the 1840's and resulted in a major influx of American citizens settling in the Oregon territory.
4. One of the most important points of Polks administration was the acquiring of Oregon and California, which were gained in the peace treaty that ended the Mexican War.
5. America gained California, Oregon, and Texas from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
6. At first, Southern expansionists were pushing for the invasion of Mexico, but were put down by raising anger from Northern abolitionists.
7.The treaty expanded America by one third, which was a bigger increase than the Louisiana Purchase.
8. The Mexican War gave many of the future army leaders of the Civil War the experience they needed to lead Union & Confederate armies.
9. Other world powers gave America credit for their military ability after they won the Mexican War without a single defeat or mishap.
10. The acquired territory was a major upset to the issue of slavery, and would last through the rest of Polks administration and be one of the major factors in the breakdown of the Union.
"Texas was still calling itself the Lone Star Republic, and still under pressure from Mexican military. The Mexican government regarded Texas as a province in revolt, and threatened military action should America try to annex the state into the Union."
Why was Manifest Destiny over-looked by some? Don't you think it's a good idea? It entitles more space to spread out and grow stronger as a country. What are some of the negatives of this idea?
manifest destiny was overlooked and rejected by some people because of the issues of slavery, and the balance between slave and free states. By making more states out of new territory, the balance in the Senate would be thrown off. Basically, at the time Manifest Destiny wasn't making the nation any stronger, in fact it was breaking the country further apart. And also, some people wanted to avoid further conflict with Mexico and Native Americans.
"Texas was still calling itself the Lone Star Republic, and still under pressure from Mexican military. The Mexican government regarded Texas as a province in revolt, and threatened military action should America try to annex the state into the Union."
so, how did america end up annexing texas?
eep, sorry. I forgot to mention that, huh? America never actually annexed Texas into the Union. They left it alone, and INVITED it to join the Union. Not actually dragging it in, yet still trying to acquire it. They didn't really get Texas until after the Mexican War when the Treaty Of Guatalope Hidalgo gave America the entire area from Texas to California/Oregon, and finally settled the dispute over the border of Texas and Mexico.
"Texas was still calling itself the Lone Star Republic, and still under pressure from Mexican military. The Mexican government regarded Texas as a province in revolt, and threatened military action should America try to annex the state into the Union."
so, how did america end up annexing texas?
eep, sorry. I forgot to mention that, huh? America never actually annexed Texas into the Union. They left it alone, and INVITED it to join the Union. Not actually dragging it in, yet still trying to acquire it. They didn't really get Texas until after the Mexican War when the Treaty Of Guatalope Hidalgo gave America the entire area from Texas to California/Oregon, and finally settled the dispute over the border of Texas and Mexico.
Why was Manifest Destiny over-looked by some? Don't you think it's a good idea? It entitles more space to spread out and grow stronger as a country. What are some of the negatives of this idea?
There are a few negative ideas to the idea of Manifest destiny especially for America. We were pushing off the natives of the land to expand our territory for uses economically, politically and socially. We pushed out Native Americans off their land and that led to mass bloodshed in some cases and in others it led to the destruction of certain tribes and indefinite destruction of the culture. When we invaded the Spanish Territory in America we caused war with Mexico and destoryed places whihc were their since the age of discovery.
America at this time was like a manifest destiny maniac haha. But i don't get why Texas and other places would want to stay on their own and not be admitted to the Union. Wouldn't they want to become part of a stronger nation where they would have more guarantee of being protected? Why was there such a fight to keep Texas from being annexed?
all of this expanding west and the acquiring of new territory became very controversal after the Mexican War because now Congress had to deal with slave state representation. It was ended by the Compromise of 1850, however, things got shaky again when Lincoln became President and the southern states succeeded.
America at this time was like a manifest destiny maniac haha. But i don't get why Texas and other places would want to stay on their own and not be admitted to the Union. Wouldn't they want to become part of a stronger nation where they would have more guarantee of being protected? Why was there such a fight to keep Texas from being annexed?
Well, I think freedom, or the lack thereof after joing the U.S., was one of the biggest issues, and the fact that Texas originally belonged to Mexicans was part of it.
When the U.S. acquired Oregon, California, and Texas from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Oregon and California became free states, and Texas became a slave state.
1. Britain had small claims in the Northern hemisphere located in Maine and Oregon, which were both downsized after compromises between England and America.
2. Texas opened negotiations with England and France to avoid an attack from Mexico
3. The Oregon Trail became a major route to the west during the 1840's and resulted in a major influx of American citizens settling in the Oregon territory.
4. One of the most important points of Polks administration was the acquiring of Oregon and California, which were gained in the peace treaty that ended the Mexican War.
5. America gained California, Oregon, and Texas from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
6. At first, Southern expansionists were pushing for the invasion of Mexico, but were put down by raising anger from Northern abolitionists.
7.The treaty expanded America by one third, which was a bigger increase than the Louisiana Purchase.
8. The Mexican War gave many of the future army leaders of the Civil War the experience they needed to lead Union & Confederate armies.
9. Other world powers gave America credit for their military ability after they won the Mexican War without a single defeat or mishap.
10. The acquired territory was a major upset to the issue of slavery, and would last through the rest of Polks administration and be one of the major factors in the breakdown of the Union.
Thank You For Putting the imformation into points .THere was no way in hell i was going to read that paragraph
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by America and the Mexican government, and basically...we agreed to play nice with them if they gave us the land we wanted. We gave them $15 million in return for the land, as well as accumulating around $3 million in debts that Mexico owed to American citizens.
America at this time was like a manifest destiny maniac haha. But i don't get why Texas and other places would want to stay on their own and not be admitted to the Union. Wouldn't they want to become part of a stronger nation where they would have more guarantee of being protected? Why was there such a fight to keep Texas from being annexed?
Brandi, Texas did want to be admitted into the Union and asked to be immediatly after winning their independece. However if they were admitted it would have off set the balace between free and slave states so Texas was not admitted until 9 years later after the Mexican-American War.
