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    Mexico in 1836. They fought the Mexican War of Independence against Santa Anna because he was a dictator. They felt that the time had come to break free of Mexican laws. They captured Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto and forced him to sign a treaty granting Texas independence. For 9 years Texas requested to join the United States. Washington however‚ did not want to take action because he was afraid of angering Mexico and increasing sectional conflict. However‚ in 1845 Texas was admitted in

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    conflicts between the U.S. and British North America came about over the border between them. In 1839‚ Canadian lumberjacks and the Maine militia began fighting over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. The fighting ended in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty‚ which gave over half of the disputed territory to the U.S.‚ which established a definite northeastern boundary with Canada. Meanwhile‚ both the U.S. and Britain laid claims on the Oregon territory. The dispute ended in an agreement in which both

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    of the united states of america. But with the acceptance of Texas into the united states it grew as a controversial‚ as the North and South argued on if it would be slave or free‚ this would eventually lead to the civil war. Gadsden Purchase - The Treaty or Purchase was for the United States from Mexico‚ the United States brought about 30‚000 square miles from Mexico for ten million dollars‚ the land bought in the Gadsden Purchase later became present day New Mexico and Arizona. The purchase was made

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    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of acts passed in 1850‚ by which the United States Congress hoped to settle the strife between the opponents of slavery in the North and slave owners in the South. There is much speculation about how our country would be without this Compromise. The Compromise is a major stepping stone in United States history because of its many forces and provisions. California’s admission to the Union would tip the balance in favor of free states—sixteen free states to fifteen

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    Newspaper editor John L. O’Sullivan first used the term manifest destiny in an 1845 article to describe the inevitability surrounding the annexation of Texas. Since then it has come to describe the belief among American settlers and political leaders that it was their God-given right and duty to expand U.S. territory‚ customs‚ and institutions throughout North America from coast to coast. The concept gained traction during the nineteenth century as immigration and land acquisitions‚ including the

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    territories from Mexico revived the debate over slavery‚ the argument being whether there would be more free states or slave states‚ which ultimately split America into the Union and Confederacy. With the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo‚ America experienced a dramatic growth in territory. The treaty itself “infuriated antislavery leaders in

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    presidency of James Polk‚ who led the U.S. into the Mexican-American war of 1846. Polk continued to express imperial behavior with the annexation of California‚ along with the purchase of other western territories‚ all which occurred through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase. All of this expansionism and lust for territory comes from a belief called Manifest Destiny‚ the idea that America was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Josiah Strong‚ an author from New

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    Oregon boundary settled‚ 1846- a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15‚ 1846‚ in Washington‚ DC. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country‚ which had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818. D. Mexican War‚ 1846-1848--was an armed conflict between the United States of America

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    the Americans and the Mexican-Americans soured more than ever before. The Mexican- Americans realized that something had to be done about the second class treatment they had been receiving for over a century. The Treaty of Guadalupe‚ ending the Mexican-American war‚ was the peace treaty calling for the United States to pay the Mexican government 15 million dollars. This pay was in exchange of the ownership of California‚ and a large area comprising New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ Nevada‚ Utah and parts of Wyoming

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    [MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE] Hidalgo -> Jose Morelos -> Agustin Iturbide -> Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna -> Benito Juarez -> Porfirio Diaz 1. What did Hidalgo do on September 16‚ 1810 that was equated to the First Crusade? a. Called to arms 2. Jose Morelos called for the Congress of Chilpacingo in 1813 that accomplished what? a. Declared Mexican independence‚ decreed slavery should be abolished‚ and announce Catholicism as state religion. 3. What is the Army of Three Guarantees

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