Expansion Comic
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- Louisiana Purchase
- Money For Army!
- Napoleon
- Huh!?
- Louisiana
- 15Million Dollars
- Manifest Destiny!
- Thomas Jefferson
- 1837
- "Indian" Removal in the Southeast
- Meanwhile by the Mississippi River...
- Make way for white settlers!
- Texas
- Santa Anna
- Texans
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
- 1836, Battle of San Jacinto
- This was significant to western settlers because it opened tons of land for them to make plantations, farm, and hopefully get rich due to slavery. The natives however had no recognition of this trade, and would soon be unfairly driven out of their land.
- Mexican War
- American Army
- 1803
- Huh?!
- 1846
- This is important to western settlers because the natives were being relocated, meaning little resistance to their settlement. For the natives, this was significant because they were being kicked out of their land, and since their culture, religion, and resources relied on the land, it would never be the same.
- Oregon Territory
- White Settlers
- Deal!
- Civilized Native Tribes
- Gold, Silver, Manifest Destiny
- The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was important to the Texans because they were finally able to follow and create their own laws, and was out of the hands of Santa Anna. For Mexico, the treaty was important because although it was signed by santa anna, they still didn't believe texas was independednt, leading to the Mexican American War
- American Indian and "Westward Expansion"
- 1891
- Mexican Army
- This was another significant event for the Texans because, after the war, it secured their spot in the US when Mexico officially recognized Texas as a U.S. state. This was also important to the natives because the US now owned more land for slavery, and Mexico's crushing defeat showed the natives how powerful the US was, making most tribes comply with their orders
- United States Border
- Fire at the Americans!That's our land!
- Lets end this border dispute
- The purchase of Oregon territory was important to many believers of manifest destiny, as the purchase of organ territory would finally end their 40 years of expansion conquering the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. It was also important to the Natives because now, they had nowhere to go and were forced to move again after the land was purchased.
- 1846
- British
- James K. Polk
- The “iron horse” was significant to the white settlers because many settlers became rich because of it, and since the railway stretched all across the US it led to easy transportation of goods, helping the north win the civil war. It was important to the natives, because as the train would go by, it would constantly kill their buffalo which they honored and reminded them that they were in US land.
- Hey!
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