Mexican American War and Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears includes the relocation of the Cherokee, Creek, Semniole, and Chotaw native americans. Many of the Indians
sufferered from hunger and sickness while on the trail from their native land into Indian Territory (Eastern Sections of Oklahoma).
In 1831, the Choctawn were the first to be removed and they became the model for the other tribes moving.
The Seminole Indian Tribe were moved in 1832.
The Creek Indian Tribe were moved in 1834.
The Chicksaw Tribe got moved in 1837.
The Choctaw Indians are from the present states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The Choctaw indians were one of the few
tribes to be move voluntarily, even though around 6000 of them still remained in Mississippi after the initial moving efforts.
The Seminole Tribe, Located in some parts of florida, were one of the only indian tribes to take the US to war, over relocating them. After,
the war, which ended after a full decade of fighting, the US gave up trying to relocate them. Many of the indians were exiled to the Creek
lands to the west of the Mississippi, while some went into the Everglades.
The Creek Tribe, were forcefully removed from Georgia through a series of treaties by Andrew Jackson.
The Chicksaw Indians instead of receiving Land for Land, wanted money instead. The USA payed the Chicksaw $10,564,667 in present
day money for the western part of their land. After they crossed the Mississippi on the common route for the Trail of Tears they merged
with the Choctaw tribe.
The Cherokee is one of the most remembered tribes of the Indian Removal Act. They were forcibly removed and relocated into
Oklahoma, or back then , it was called In Indian Country. When the Cherokee were removed and were on the Trail of Tears, they lost
4,000 members of their tribe. Many of them died from sickness, hunger, or the Americans killed them.
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http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
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Mexican American War
The War was the cause of Texas becoming an independent territory, making Mexico losing most of it;'s land. Also, Mexico has a dispute
with America because they believe two different rivers were the boundary of texas. America believed that the Rio grande river was the
border, but Mexico thought that the Nueces River was. The war ended from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. America gave
Mexico 15 million dollars for it, from it though, we got 525,000 miles of land.
An important event that happened was the Alamo, in San Antonio Texas. There were 250 Americans and around 2,400 Mexicans. They
surrounded the Americans in the Alamo and after two weeks, all of the Americans were killed.
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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal act was an act signed by President Andrew Jackson that forcefully removed indians from their home which was also
known as the Trail of Tears
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Steamboat
The steamboat was used in America, very frequently in the 1800s. They were used to travel the Rivers, Most Famously, the Mississippi
River. Robert Fulton is one of the most famous steamboat builders in the USA for making one of the first ones to travel the Mississippi
River.
Steamboats are normally used on rivers and shallow water. The Shallow bottom was used when traveling within the shallow parts of the
River. The gigantic wheel on the back of the boat was used to help push the boat upstream. They were a popular form of transportation
because with the wheel it was quicker to go upstream.
Steamboats
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamship.htm
Who- Robert Fulton is credited with being the inventor of it
What - A Steamboat is normally used on rivers and shallow water.
When- In 1811 the first line of Steamboats left down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
Where - Steams were used mostly on the Mississippi River.
Why - Steamsboats were faster to use on a river route. Also, it increased river travel and helped the economy because it was easier to
trade with River Cities.
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Inventions

In 1844, the Morse Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. The Morse telegraph Machine helped to speed up
communication. Another Invention was the Electric Streetcar invented by Thomas Davenport. The streetcar was invented in 1834 when
they made an electric motor. The Dishwasher was first Patented in 1850 by Joel Houghton. The Machine was not very effective at
washing dishes though. The Safety Pin was also invented in 1849 by Walter Hunt. In in 1809 Humphry Davy invented the first electric
light.
The Steam Engine, was also invented in the early 1800s, even though it was unsafe most of the time because some models couldn't stay
on the track. The Steam Engine, helped speed up travel across the country.
http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/Nineteenth.htm
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Westward Expansion
The first acquisition of the United States was the Thirteen Colonies, This acquisition also brought the first thirteen states. After the
colonies went to war with Britian, We ended the war with the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris not only ended the war but also defined
the Original Borders of the United States of America.
With the United States owning the original 26 states, we then bought the area of land, or as we called it The Louisiana Purchase. The
Louisiana Purchase cost the United States of America a total of $15,000,000, which back then was a steal considering how much land
and resources were in the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase included the following states of Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Minnesota, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
After the Louisiana Purchase, we purchased Florida from Spain. We got Florida due to a treaty between the USA and Spain that gave
Florida to the USA and put the boundary between Mexico and the United States. The Treaty was in 1795 and can also be called by its
name of the Adam-Ons Treaty
After we purchased Florida, we then had the Texas Annexation. It was when the Republic of Texas became the 28th state. The
Annexation of Texas led to the Mexican-American war in 1846, one year after Texas became a state.
The Oregon Country was jointly controlled by the U.S. and the United Kingdom until 1846 when the states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. We got the territory when In 1846 under President James K. Polk the U.S. signed a treaty with Britain, Which gave us the Oregon
Country.
The Mexican Cession was the Area of the United States that Mexico agreed to give up as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The
Treaty also ended the Mexican-American War. This treaty, which took place in 1848, gave us the states of California, Nevada, and Utah
and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Gadsden Purchase, which is a small area of land underneath Arizona, was the last territorial acquisition of the USA (Before Alaska
and Hawaii). The Purchase took place in 1853, purchased for 10 million dollars and was meant to be a piece of land for a southern
transcontinental railroad.
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Manifest destiny
People use the term Manifest Destiny to describe the Westward Expansion. It also involves the phrase in which people believed that
territorial acquisition was justified.
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