Westward

In this video lesson we will be looking at American expansionism. In the American Old West, trails were used by immigrants, between 1830 and 1870. Travelers across what became the Western United States in the 19th century had the choice of several routes. Some of the earliest were those of the Mexicans in the southwest.

Manifest Destiny was the thought and belief that Americans had the God given right to expand territory Westward despite the Native American that lived there.

A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution.

In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas.

The widely held belief among Democrats that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent.

The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase by the United States of America in 1803. The purchase gained the U.S. 828,000 square miles from the previously owned French land.

In this lesson we will be discussing the New Nation, Westward Expansion.

In this video lesson we will be looking at American expansionism. In the American Old West, trails were used by immigrants, between 1830 and 1870. Travelers across what became the Western United States in the 19th century had the choice of several routes. Some of the earliest were those of the Mexicans in the southwest.

The Republic of Texas was was an independent sovereign nation in North America which existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.