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U.S HISTORYY.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reason for the monroe doctrine | in early 19th century, south america was liberated and ended its relationship with spain |
| reason for the monroe doctrine | When european monarchs were restored, they wanted to reclaim their colonial holdings. |
| Monroe doctrine | a united states policy that was introduced in 1823 which said that efforts by european governments to colonize land or interfere with states in the americas would be viewed by the US as acts of aggression requiring US intervention. |
| manifest destiny | phrase coined in the 1800's and is the idea that americans had the god-given right to all the land of the north american continent. |
| manifest destiny | ethnocentric idea that other people were less favored by divine province and should give way to the americans |
| texas expansion | steven austin led the first settlers to texas |
| texas expansion | trade between mexico and the US was strong in the livestock division. |
| texas expansion | mexico invites US settlers to vome by offering land grants to agents, who bought cheap land in return to obey mexican laws and observe roman catholicism. |
| texas expansion | mexican president Santa Anna closed the borders to the americans, which prompted the texan revolution. |
| Texan Revolution | texans drove mexicans from the alamo, causing the first battle for texan independence |
| Texan revolution | While fighting, santa Anna killed all 187 US defenders at a US fort, the dead included Davy Crockett |
| Texan revolution | 6 weeks after the defeat of the Alamo, the texans struck back. led by sam houston, they defeated Santa Anna by capturing him 18 minutes into the battle |
| Texan Revolution | In september 1863, the republic of texas was formed, and was known as the lone star republic |
| Texan revolution | In 1838, texas invited the US to annex them into the united states, and on december 29,1845 texas became the 28th state in the union |
| WAR with mexico | Mexico was mad over the texas annexation |
| WAR with mexico | the US now wanted more mexican land |
| WAR with mexico | From the mexican war, the US gained the california area, the gold rush began soon after. |
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