CHAPTER 17 MANIFEST DESTINY AND ITS LEGACY
START OF THE 1840s EXPANSION WILL BE THE BIG ISSUE OF THE 1840s HARRISON NOW PREZ - ONLY 30 DAYS JOHN TYLER BECOMES PREZ OPPOSED ALMOST EVERY IDEA OF THE WHIG PARTY - HATED JACKSON TROUBLE LIES AHEAD
TYLER S PRESIDENCY AFTER THE ELECTION THE WHIG PARTY BEGAN ITS WORK CLAY & WEBSTER AT ITS HEAD WANTED A NEW TARIFF TYLER VETOED IT EVENTUALLY SIGNED ONE IN 1842 WANTED A NEW BANK OF THE US TYLER VETOED IT TWICE ALL THIS LED ALL BUT ONE MEMBER OF HIS CABINET TO RESIGN
PROBLEMS WITH BRITAIN WAR OF WORDS BACK AND FORTH IN THE PRESS 1837 - WAS A SMALL REVOLT IN CANADA SOME AMERICANS WENT TO HELP AND GAVE SUPPLIES U.S.S. CAROLINE U.S. SHIP ATTACKED BY THE BRITISH BRITISH SAILOR WAS TRIED FOR MURDER IN NY, WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED
MAINE CONTROVERSY G.B. WANTED TO BUILD A ROAD THROUGH TERRITORY CLAIMED BY THE U.S. & G.B. AROOSTOCK WAR SMALL FIGHT B/N U.S. AND BRITISH LUMBERJACKS
WEBSTER-AHSBURTON TREATY SETTLED THE MAINE BORDER U.S. GOT MORE LAND BUT THE BRITISH GOT THE LAND TO BUILD THEIR ROAD BRITISH ALSO GAVE UP A LOT OF LAND IN THE GREAT LAKES AREA - BIG LATER
TEXAS MEXICO STILL SAW IT AS A PROVINCE IN REVOLT TEXAS SOON SIGNED TREATIES WITH NUMEROUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BRITISH REALLY WANTED IT TO CHECK U.S GROWTH AND PROVIDE COTTON BECAME A BIG ISSUE IN THE 1844 ELECTION
TEXAS IN THE 1844 ELECTION JAMES K. POLK (D) WANTED TO ANNEX TEXAS AND BEAT CLAY (W) TYLER SAW THIS A MANDATE TO ANNEX TEXAS TO SALVAGE SOMETHING OUT OF HIS PRESIDENCY TREATY PASSED IN 1845
OREGON TERRITORY CLAIMED AT ONE POINT BY 4 COUNTRIES BRITISH CLAIMED THE AREA NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER STRONG TRADING TIES HUDSON BAY CO. U.S. HAD STRONG CLAIMS TOO EXPLORED IT, MANY SETTLERS AND MISSIONARIES
OREGON FEVER OREGON FEVER 5,000 AMERICANS WENT TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER VALLEY IN BY 1846 ONLY 700 BRITISH BECAME A BIG ISSUE IN THE 1844 ELECTION
ELECTION OF 1844 CLAY (Whig)VS. POLK (Dem.) POLK WAS A DARK-HORSE CANDIDATE - SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR 4 YEARS MANIFEST DESITNY WAS THE BIG ISSUE DEMS. WERE PRO-EXPANSION WHIGS & CLAY TRIED TO RIDE THE FENCE POLK NARROWLY WON
POLK S PRESIDENCY HAD 4 MAJOR CAMPAIGN PROMISES - FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEM ALL 1) LOWER TARIFF WALKER TARIFF (1846) 2) RESTORE THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY HAD BEEN DONE AWAY WITH DURING THE TYLER ADMINISTRATION
POLK S PRESIDENCY MAJOR CAMPAIGN PROMISES - 3) SETTLE THE OREGON BORDER SOME DEMS PORMISED THE WHOLE AREA 54 40 OR FIGHT ONCE IN OFFICE POLK PROPOSED THE 49TH PARALLEL AS A COMPROMISE (A COUPLE OF TIMES) THE BRITISH LATER PROPOSED THE 49TH PARALLEL LINE AND WE SAID YES SENATE APPROVED (PARTLY B/C OF CONFLICT WITH MEXICO)
POLK & CALIFORNIA POLK ALSO PROMISED TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA (TX ALREADY ANNEXED) WANTED CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IT WAS FERTILE FARMLAND AND PROVIDED A HARBORS TO THE PACIFIC POLK TRIED TO BUY IT FROM MEXICO WOULDN T SELL IT STILL MAD ABOUT TEXAS AND A DISAGREEMENT OVER TEXAS SOUTHERN BORDER POLK DECIDES TO PICK A FIGHT WITH MEXICO
PRELUDE TO WAR THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE U.S. & MEXICO OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF TEXAS MEXICO SAYS - NUECES RIVER U.S SAYS RIO GRANDE RIVER RUMORS BEGAN THAT THE BRITISH WANTED TO BUY CALIFORNIA POLK TRIED TO BUY CALIFORNIA AGAIN AND MEXICO SAID NO
PRELUDE TO WAR POLK THEN DECIDED TO FORCE A SHOWDOWN WITH MEXICO HE ORDERED 4,000 U.S TROOPS INTO THE DISPUTED AREA UNDER GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR WAITED FOR A FIGHT THAT DIDN T COME EVENTUALLY SHOTS WERE FIRED AT U.S. TROOPS POLK THEN DECLARED WAR- POPULAR LINCOLN - SPOT RESOLUTIONS
MEXICAN WAR STEPHEN KEARNEY TOOK SANTA FE JOHN C. FREMONT TOOK CALIFORNIA GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR LED THE CHARGE INTO MEXICO WON THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA STALLED IN NORTHEN MEXICO
MEXICAN WAR GEN WINFIELD SCOTT TOOK OVER TOOK CONTROL OF MEXICO CITY LED TO THE END OF THE WAR KEARNEY SCOTT TAYLOR
TREATY OF GUADELUPE- HIDALGO U.S. GOT TX AND THE MEXICAN CESSION TERR. MEXICO GOT $15 MILLION GUILT MONEY U.S. ALSO PAID $3.25 MILLION CLAIMS OF U.S. CITIZENS AGAINST MEXICO
RESULTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR U.S. INCREASED IN SIZE BY 1/3 PROVIDED FIELD EXPERIENCE FOR SOLDIERS WHO WOULD FIGHT THE CIVIL WAR U.S. MILITARY HAD NEW RESPECT FROM FOREIGN COUNTIRES STRAINED RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA SLAVERY BACK ON THE TABLE AGAIN