Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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KEY EVENTS

1725-1850 Sioux expansion on the Great Plains

1821 Mexico wins independence: begins to recruit Americans to settle in Texas

Santa Fe trade opens: goods move from Missouri

1823 First American settlers enter Texas: Americans soon become the largest group in the province

1829 Mexico tries to abolish slavery in Texas: American slaveholders ignore the law

1830 Mexico attempts to halt American migration to Texas: fears of Americans in Texas intensify

1835 Texas Revolution: Texas declares its independence

1836 Texas republic established: Texans prepare to fight for independence

Battle of the Alamo: Santa Anna overwhelms defenders but sustains heavy casualties

Santa Anna defeated at San Jacinto: Mexican control of Texas ended

1841 Tyler becomes president: quickly breaks with Whig party

1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty:

1843 Large scale migration to Oregon begins: thousands travel the overland route

1843-1844 Tyler conducts secret negotiations with Texas: seeks reelection by annexing Texas

1844 Tyler's Texas treaty rejected by the Senate

Polk elected president: committed to program of continental expansion

1845 United States annexes Texas: Mexico breaks diplomatic relations

Phrase "Manifest Destiny" coined: expresses Americans’ ideas about expanding west

1845-1846 Slidell's unsuccessful mission: Polk fails to gain additional Mexican territory through negotiations

1846 War declared against Mexico: Polk provokes war by sending Taylor’s troops into the disputed area

Bear Flag Revolt in California: American settlers rebel against Mexican government and rancheros

Oregon treaty ratified: U.S. acquires lower half of Oregon country

Wilmot Proviso introduced: movement to prohibit slavery from the western territories injects slavery issue into national politics

1847 Mormon migration to Utah: Brigham Young moves the religious community west

U.S. troops occupy Mexico City: defeat forces Mexico to accept American terms

1848 Gold discovered in California: miners soon attracted to the state

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo approved: U.S. acquires large amount of territory from Mexico

Free Soil party founded: new antislavery third party makes it impossible for major parties to dodge the slavery extension issue

Taylor elected president: second Whig national victory

1849 Gold Rush: California quickly acquires sufficient population for statehood

California drafts free state constitution: President Taylor encourages the organization of a government and admission to the union

1850 Nashville convention: southern moderates win control and reject secession

Taylor dies and Fillmore becomes president: threat of veto over the Compromise removed

Compromise of 1850 enacted: designed to settle all outstanding sectional differences

1850-1851 South rejects secession: southern public opinion accepts the Compromise as a final settlement

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom's Cabin published: strengthens antislavery sentiment in the North

Pierce elected president: defeats the Whig’s Scott while the Free Soil party loses support

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