https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e en-us 2016-09-16 21:06:18 UTC 2026-04-07 09:00:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 332411 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488643 The Mexican American War was from 1846-1848. This war occurred because in the year of 1845, John C. Frémont led a military expedition to California, which violated Mexico's territorial rights. Mexico responded by troops crossing the Rio Grande and killing 11 U.S. soldiers. Immediately after this occurred Polk declared war and congress approved of this.This is when the war between Mexico and the United States began.On February 2, 1848 Mexico and the U.S. signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty affected the United States and Mexico since Mexico would give the U.S. present day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and most if Arizona, and parts of Colorado & Wyoming. ]]> 2016-09-16 21:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488643 352045 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488664 The Mormons were pioneers who traveled from the Midwest to the "Promised Land", also known as Salt Lake City during 1847-1869. 

They first moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, but after the assassination of the prophet Joseph Smith, they decided that the place wasn't safe and continued to move Westward until they eventually reached Salt Lake City! ]]> 2016-09-16 21:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488664 352045 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488688 The Louisiana Purchase was a purchase done by Jefferson on 1803. The territory belonged to the French, but Napoleon sold it to gain money for his army. The US gained 827,000 square mile of land went of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, created an opportunity for westward expansion. As the whites were traveling through the new territory, they disrupted the land of the Natives, therefore creating more conflict with them. ]]> 2016-09-16 21:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488688 332411 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488740 On January 24, 1848 James Marshall found shiny particles laying near John Sutter's sawmill, which was located in California Sierra Nevada mountains. Marshall took this to Sutter who confirmed to him that what he found was gold. Later more workers found gold near the mill. Word spread around and thus began the gold rush. This affected the U.S. and the rest of the world since a lot of people were migrating from Europe, Asia, and South America to California.California's population grew from 400 in 1848 to 44,000 in 1850. ]]> 2016-09-16 21:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488740 327425 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488978 The trail was opened in 1842 and 3 years later more than 3,000 immigrants traveled from many cities on the Missouri river to Oregon Country to reach western United States. Shortly after railroads were built the trail was used rarely and by 1870 the trail was completely abandoned.]]> 2016-09-16 21:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124488978 331627 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124614266 In the year 1803, Thomas Jefferson had sent two men, U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the new land which had been bought from a deal called the "Louisiana Purchase." The exploration had lasted a little over three years, and had started the move for Westward expansion. On this specific exploration, the Americans had exchanged ways of life with Native Americans and learned of new ways to cultivate agriculture.]]> 2016-09-19 02:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124614266 331627 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124614309 In the year 1843, Texas had declared independence from the Republic of Mexico. Shortly after, Texas was admitted into the United States as the 28th state. The close border contact quickly led to conflict, leading to the Mexican-American War (1846-8). This had brought forth more land for Westward expansion, and opened up new ways of travel]]> 2016-09-19 02:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124614309 327425 https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124875496 The Missouri Compromise was established in 1820. In 1819 Missouri requested to  be admitted to the union as a slave state, but to keep balance congress did a 2 part compromise which allowed Missouri to be a slave state and allowing Maine to be a ]]> 2016-09-19 18:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/327425/8vnsi7cogv2e/wish/124875496