follow us we will take u through the mountains to the Oregon
Oregon trial
HOW WILL WE GET PAST THE MOUNTAINS?!
manifest destiny
this was our destiny from god
the mountain men were very adventurous and used there survival skills to live of the ;and and explore the Oregon land. They gave to the american west ward expansion by establishing forts and trail by leading people across the mountain trails to Oregon
Mexican-american war
this land belongs to the usa now
pioneers set out from independence, MO, followed the Oregon trial west, and faced rough land, sickness, and even death, the trail led thousands of people to move westward and settle lands that would eventually become part f the united states.
Mormons in
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the people of america believed they were superior to others, and that it was their "god-given destiny" to spread across north america. the idea of manifest destiny justified and gave the idea to Americans in their expansion westward
California gold rush
WE FOUND GOLLDDDD!!!
the american annexation of Texas upset mexico whom still wanted control over their land so america fought for 20 months to gain more land in the west. at the end of the war the united states expanded their land westward by gaining California, new mexico and Arizona
the Mormons experienced a lot of persecution for their beliefs while living in the east so they decided to seek refuge in a new settlement in Utah a ton of Mormon men and women and children built a settler meant in Utah that attracted mat other Americans west
people discovered gold in California in 1848 witch parked a rush of gold of people from around the world to go the California to find gold even tho only few people got rich thousands of people settled in California and helped the land become a state in 1850
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