APUSH ch 17 terms
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
, the British wanted to build a road westward from the seaport of Halifax to Quebec, running through disputed territory. The London Foreign Office sent Lord Ashburton to Washington to settle the dispute. He and Daniel Webster negotiated and gave the Americans 7,000mi2 of the 12,000mi2 of land in dispute. Patched up Carolina incident.
william henry harrison
- was the newly elected president in 1841. He then contracted pneumonia and died after serving for only 4 weeks. Tyler then took over as president
Zachary Taylor
A major general from 1846-1847 in the Mexican War. Known as "Old Rough and Ready," he defeated the Mexicans in a campaign that took him to Buena Vista in Mexico. The victorious campaign helped pressure the Mexicans into peace.
Stephen Kearny
American Army officer in the Mexican War. In 1846, he led 1700 troops over the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe. He conquered New Mexico and moved his troops over to Los Angeles. He was defeated by the Mexicans at San Pascual in 1846. He was arrested for refusing to carry out orders and sent into Mexico, where he died in 1848.
Santa Anna
Mexican general man who fought vs. America on issues such as texas
texas border dispute
Santa Anna vs. white man. Santa Anna wins first but loses later
The Carolina incident
an American ship was sunk by a British force. Washington officials made ineffective protests against the attacks. Three years later, a Canadian named McLeod was arrested and indicted for murder for claiming to have had a part in the incident. He was released, the tension eased, but in 1841, British official in the Bahamas offered asylum to 130 Virginia slaves who had rebelled and captured the American ship Creole.
John C. Fremont
captain and an explorer who was in California with several dozen well-armed men when the Mexican War broke out. He helped to overthrow the Mexican rule in 1846 by collaborating with Americans who had tried to raise the banner of the California Bear Republic. Fremont helped to take California from the inside.
Nicholas Trist
chief clear of the State Department; signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
gave Texas to America and yielded the area stretching westward to Oregon and the ocean, including California, for a cost of $15 million. Southerners realized that the South would do well not to want all of Mexico because Mexico was anti-slavery. The treaty was opposed by those who wanted all of Mexico and those who wanted none of it.
John Tyler
he was a Whig, but a Democrat at heart. Ergo, he was in opposition to many of the Whig-like ideas
Henry Clay
king of the Whigs and the ablest spokesman in the Senate
Battle of Buena Vista
land battle of the Mexican-American War fought on 23 February 1847. The numerically disadvantaged invading U.S. army, using heavy artillery, successfully repulsed the Mexican attack on their position
Wilmot Proviso
proposed the amendment that stated that the territory from Mexico should remain slave-free
54' 40 or fight
slogan during the Oregon border dispute
Gen. Winfield Scott
succeeded in battling his way up to Mexico City by September 1847; 1st choice of President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union army in the Civil War.
Hudson's Bay Company
the most important colonizing agency. It was trading profitably with the Indians of the Pacific Northwest.
Texas Republic
this nation was independent for 9 years and although Mexico did not recognize it as one, Mexico did threaten war if America aided the independent nation
Oregon Trail
trail extending from various cities on the Missouri River to the Oregon Country and later Oregon Territory. The trail was opened in 1842
Daniel Webster
was the Secretary of State. Along with Henry Clay, was a leader of the Whig Party