Cameron Fikac
Dr. Kevin McGlone
US History 1301.09
20 April 2018
Term Paper Question 3 Throughout the 19th century, The United States sought territorial expansion westward to gain access to the Pacific Ocean. Many factors played into this rapid and mass movement. Events such as the Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears, Annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American war added to the lands acquired by the US and eventually achieved their goal of making it across the continent. The spread of slavery was also a major factor behind the government’s choice in annexation. The main justification from the US government for this resettling of Americans was that they were spreading democracy and capitalism. For the Americans themselves, they felt …show more content…
In the convention jointed between the US and France, Article II states that “the US shall create a stock of eleven million at an interest of 6 per cent annually in return for the cession of the province of Louisiana” (Louisiana Purchase Treaty). France’s sale to the US allowed them access just east of the Rocky Mountains and a clear route vertically from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to Canada. This acquisition served as an early expansion and led to the Lewis and Clark expedition. This venture was the first journey across the central and western portions of future US territories and was a valuable tool in mapping and developing relations with American Indians. Although these interactions were peaceful and beneficial at the time, just 30 years after the expedition, the US would start to relocate Indians with the goals of moving the population westward. This mistreatment of Indians would be named the “Trail of Tears” and hold significance as one of the times the US has brutalized a people for economic and homeland security …show more content…
It’s stated that the US government, “Responding to the clamoring of whites in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, they uprooted the so-called five “Civilized Tribes” of the south, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles and Cherokees and moved them to western Oklahoma.” (Davis 49). Just a mere example of what the US was willing to do out of its own economic interests, the relocation of these tribes benefitted them because it allowed them to close conflicts in the south and get a better grip of control over them as US expands westward. The ability to move Natives was complemented by the attainment of land from the Louisiana Purchase. This territory gained from France was a major development in the movement across the central soon to be United States. The land mass gathered from this transaction was vital to what would bridge into the annexation of Texas and future western US
Dr. Kevin McGlone
US History 1301.09
20 April 2018
Term Paper Question 3 Throughout the 19th century, The United States sought territorial expansion westward to gain access to the Pacific Ocean. Many factors played into this rapid and mass movement. Events such as the Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears, Annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American war added to the lands acquired by the US and eventually achieved their goal of making it across the continent. The spread of slavery was also a major factor behind the government’s choice in annexation. The main justification from the US government for this resettling of Americans was that they were spreading democracy and capitalism. For the Americans themselves, they felt …show more content…
In the convention jointed between the US and France, Article II states that “the US shall create a stock of eleven million at an interest of 6 per cent annually in return for the cession of the province of Louisiana” (Louisiana Purchase Treaty). France’s sale to the US allowed them access just east of the Rocky Mountains and a clear route vertically from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to Canada. This acquisition served as an early expansion and led to the Lewis and Clark expedition. This venture was the first journey across the central and western portions of future US territories and was a valuable tool in mapping and developing relations with American Indians. Although these interactions were peaceful and beneficial at the time, just 30 years after the expedition, the US would start to relocate Indians with the goals of moving the population westward. This mistreatment of Indians would be named the “Trail of Tears” and hold significance as one of the times the US has brutalized a people for economic and homeland security …show more content…
It’s stated that the US government, “Responding to the clamoring of whites in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, they uprooted the so-called five “Civilized Tribes” of the south, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles and Cherokees and moved them to western Oklahoma.” (Davis 49). Just a mere example of what the US was willing to do out of its own economic interests, the relocation of these tribes benefitted them because it allowed them to close conflicts in the south and get a better grip of control over them as US expands westward. The ability to move Natives was complemented by the attainment of land from the Louisiana Purchase. This territory gained from France was a major development in the movement across the central soon to be United States. The land mass gathered from this transaction was vital to what would bridge into the annexation of Texas and future western US