US Expansion 1783 to 1867 - Marquette University High School 我们扩展1783至1867马凯特大学中学.ppt

US Expansion 1783 to 1867 - Marquette University High School 我们扩展1783至1867马凯特大学中学
British Colonization
Number pography – mountains, rivers)
Collect flora and fauna
Information on people
Make a political statement to Europe and Natives
The Journey
Leave from St. Louis in May, 1814 with 38 men
Followed the Missouri River to Mandan, North Dakota where they camped for the winter
Headed west the next year to Oregon and the Pacific
Returned in 1806 with maps, drawings, and information on the peoples and wildlife of the area
Lewis & Clark Illustrations
Zebulon Pike Expedition
1805-1806 – traveled from St. Louis north to the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota
1806-1807 – traveled west from St. Louis into Colorado. Found Pike’s Peak. Then traveled south to Santa Fe
Collected information about this territory
Treaty of Ghent – 1814
Restores national pride and confidence
Felt we beat the Brits, again!
Other nations begin to have more confidence in the viability of the United States
Helps to establish borders
Rush Bagot Agreement, 1817
Canadians upset with Treaty of Ghent – no assurances for them!
Wanted control of Great Lakes
Limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes
One warship on Lake Ontario (one cannon)
Two warships on the upper lakes (one cannon)
Led to the removal of all fortifications by the 1870’s
Longest unfortified boundary in the world – 5,527 miles long!
Treaty of 1818
Between British and Americans
Border between Canada and America is established along 49th parallel from Lake of the Woods, MN to Rocky Mountains
Ten year agreement to jointly control the Oregon territory
Adams Onis Treaty, 1819
Jackson’s Invasion of Florida
Spain upset
United States refused to apologize
Spain should sell the territory if they could not control their borders.
Terms
Spain ceded Florida and Spanish claims to the Oregon territory
America let go of claims to the Texas territory
Established border between American