? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ben Nichols? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Chapter 17, 18, 19 Notes? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? AP US History?? Chapter 17?? ~When America tried to take California from Mexico war erupted.? ~Harrison (new president) contracted pneumonia and died after 4 weeks in the White House? ~Manifest Destiny An event that will ultimately come to pass. We were destined to stretch from the East to West coast.? ~Whigs-William H Harrison became president (first president as a whig but died at 1 month)? *Vice President John Tyler became president and Whigs found out that he didn?t agree with their ideas? ~William Harrison had already used the spoils system so when he died John Tyler wasn?t ready to use it also so most of Congress was full of Whigs that went against the ideas of Tyler.?