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Enduring Vision 8E Chapter 13 outline

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Ch. 13 Immigration, Expansion, & Sectional Conflict, 1840-48, pg 373-399 Chapter Lead-in, pg 373 Jose Antonio Navarro, credited as founder of Texas and widely recognized ? San Antonio native, signed Dec of Independence from Mexico in 1836 ? became member of Congress for Republic of Texas, created Texas state constitution after annexation in 1845 ? proud to be Mexican, but referred to as anglicized Mexican for affiliations with anglos like: Tejano ? the find as a native Texan of Mexican descent James Bowie, who married Navarro?s niece and died at the Alamo Stephen F. Austin ?Mexicanized Anglo? ? born in Virginia, moved to Missouri in 1798 to what was then Spanish territory, then moved to TX to assist in settling American families there

Manifest Destiny Term Paper grade-83

The Americas in the Age of Independence

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 18 August 2015 Chapter 31 Outline Americas in Indep. Village fish peddler Fat thing Chin went to cast of south china for fish tosell at market Heard tale of mts. Of gold beckoning Chinese to cross ocean 19, learned he could buy passage on foreign ship Didn?t want to alarm parents/authorities, arrested ppl. Who left China 1849, boarded Spanish ship to sail to California to join goldrush 95 days passed before San Francisco came into view Met Chinese vets in US who explained need to stick together to prosper Chin hired out as gold miner; worked for 2 yrs., accumulated gold Wrote fam., urging them to join him; returned to China Gambledat sea/lost ? gold by time ship docked at Guangzhou

New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 7 August 2015 Chapter 24 Outline Americas/Oceania Woman Dona Marina, born 1500 to noble fam. In central Mexico, spoke Nahuatl,lang. of Aztec; fam. Sent her to Mexican coast as slave, new fam. Passed her to Yucatan peninsula Became fluent in Maya; Hernan Cortes arrived on Mexican coast in 1519, had Spanish soldier who learned Maya during captivity in Yucatan; couldn?t comm. With Aztec

Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 3 August 2015 Chapter 21 Outline Americas/Oceania 11/1519, Spaniards entered Tenochtitlan, capital of Aztec empire Spanish camefor gold; after conquest of Aztec, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, soldier in Spanish army, described Tenochtitlan at hi. Pt. City sat in Lake Texcoco, connected to land by 3 causeways, had canals to travel in Imperial palace had armory with swords, lances, knives, bows, arrows, slings, armor, shields, attracted Diaz; aviary included eagles, hawks, parrots, jaguars, mt. lions, wolves, foxes, rattlesnakes in zoo Sig. were markets/temples of capital Markets astonished him because of size, goods, order

slavery and sectionalism vocabulary

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Slavery and Sectionalism (1845-1860) 136. Nat Turner?s Rebellion: Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia, attacked many whites, prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation 137. Yeoman Farmers: family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season, self-sufficient, participated in local markets alongside slave owners 138. Underground Railroad: network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom Harriet Tubman ? worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom 139. ?Wage slaves?: northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age) 140. Nativism: anti-immigrant, especially against Irish Catholics

Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis Outline

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Chapter 13 The Impending Crisis LOOKING WESTWARD Manifest Destiny the belief or idea that the US was destined, by God and by history, to rule the entirety of North America; believed it was an unselfish attempt to expand American liberties and it was used to justify expansion Racial Justification advocates of the MD believed that North America were to be populated solely by white Americans; their definition (of white Americans) excluded Indians and Mexicans Americans in Texas Opposition to Further Expansion many politicians, including Henry Clay, opposed the idea of MD as they feared it would rouse the conflict over slavery and threaten the stability of the Union Texas Mexicans launched a colonization law (1824) promising newcomers cheap land and for a 4-year exemption from taxes

American History A Survey: Chapter 13 The Impending Crisis

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Chapter 13 The Impending Crisis LOOKING WESTWARD Manifest Destiny the belief or idea that the US was destined, by God and by history, to rule the entirety of North America; believed it was an unselfish attempt to expand American liberties and it was used to justify expansion Racial Justification advocates of the MD believed that North America were to be populated solely by white Americans; their definition (of white Americans) excluded Indians and Mexicans Americans in Texas Opposition to Further Expansion many politicians, including Henry Clay, opposed the idea of MD as they feared it would rouse the conflict over slavery and threaten the stability of the Union Texas Mexicans launched a colonization law (1824) promising newcomers cheap land and for a 4-year exemption from taxes

American History A Survey: Chapter 13 The Impending Crisis

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Chapter 13 The Impending Crisis LOOKING WESTWARD Manifest Destiny the belief or idea that the US was destined, by God and by history, to rule the entirety of North America; believed it was an unselfish attempt to expand American liberties and it was used to justify expansion Racial Justification advocates of the MD believed that North America were to be populated solely by white Americans; their definition (of white Americans) excluded Indians and Mexicans Americans in Texas Opposition to Further Expansion many politicians, including Henry Clay, opposed the idea of MD as they feared it would rouse the conflict over slavery and threaten the stability of the Union Texas Mexicans launched a colonization law (1824) promising newcomers cheap land and for a 4-year exemption from taxes

Mexican Current Event

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Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious After nearly 200 years, Mexico may make the name official Mexico Politics After almost 200 years after Mexico?s War of Independence, Mexico will finally attempting to pass a bill to make the country?s true name Mexico. So far the official name of Mexico has been the United Mexican States. Then on Thursday, November 22nd, Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent a letter to Mexico?s Congress requesting the country?s name be changed to just Mexico. Its currently official name, the United Mexican States, was heavily influenced by our American War of Independence when we decided on the United States of America, and over the course of 200 years Mexico has finally decided to make its own statement. Felipe Calderon ? Current President of Mexico

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