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Manifest Destiny PPT 1
Manifest Destiny PPT 1
1803-1853
The United States Expanded
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
in 50 years
Manifest Destiny
A belief shared by many
Americans in the mid 1800s
that the United States should
expand across the continent
to the Pacific Ocean.
Stephen Austin
When Americans complained, Mexico closed
Texas to further American immigration.
Texas Revolution:
1835-36
After Mexico closed Texas to Americans, Stephen
Austin went to negotiate with the Mexican leader,
Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna.
At the mining camps, many people prospected (searched for gold). Others ran
businesses that catered to the miners - laundry, food, innkeepers, legal
services, supplies
Famine and
economic hardship in
China brought many
Chinese to
California. However,
they faced
discrimination and a
high tax on foreign
miners.
Impact of Gold Rush
The arrival of 49ers created a
population boom