Oregon

was used, for instance, the Oregon treaty. Citizens began to migrate westward in search of new settlements, and many were found to be settling in places such as California, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas. Oregon at the time was owned by Great Britain, and when James K. Polk won the presidency in 1844, he began working to ultimately bring Texas into the Union as a slave state, and through the Oregon Treaty of 1846 and many negotiations with Great Britain, brought Oregon into the Union as a free…

Through many significant events the United States finally gained control over the Oregon territory. The Northwest became part of the United states mostly because Manifest destiny and the doctrine of discovery compelling them to explore the unknown. Manifest destiny means the ideological rationale for expansion across North America to the Pacific Ocean that was justified by the US in order to spread American culture. It was believed that Manifest Destiny was created on the same…

Oregon was an extensive region lying west of the Rocky Mountains. Spain relinquished its claims to Oregon with the Transcontinental Treaty. John Quincy Adams, in 1819, acquired Florida from Spain and gave up its claims to Texas under the Louisiana Purchase. After Russia gave up their rights to Oregon, Britain and the United States battled for the territory. Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton discussed the Oregon issue in 1842, but did not reach an agreement…

The Ambivalent Tragedy of a Good Death: Reflections on How to Die in Oregon By Nathan Rubene dos Santos I came to do this assignment with a veiled reluctance, not of dread but a sort of absent-mindedness. Considering the topic, this is understandable; matters of death and the process of dying tend to deter people from thinking about it too much. Often we hope to be taken from this world swiftly and, if not long in the tooth, at the very least without senseless torment. An ideal scenario would…

common sense, we could afford almost everything we absolutely needed, but we wanted to save up as much as possible instead of getting small little pleasures every once in awhile. The only reason my family and I have these journals is to write about the Oregon Trail and all of our adventures, which means we need to bring some pencils. It’s a little tacky, I’ve heard everyone is bringing at least one, and we need all the space we can get since we are bringing all of our farming tools and some…

Mexican Government invited Americans to come and live there and soon the Americans outnumbered the Mexicans. Oregon territory was shared between the British and the Americans, due a treaty in 1818, but by the mid-1840s American settlers in the territory urged the government to gain control of the region. At the time of the treaty the United States and the British had established little in the Oregon territory, but in 1820-30s American interest grew exponentially. In 1846, American President Polk…

Polk called for annexation of both Texas and Oregon (by the Oregon Treaty) and won the presidency of 1844. Just as promise, Teas and Oregon was added to the United States. Mexico was not satisfied with the decision because it never formally recognized Texan independence. In the treaty that Santa Anna signed it states the southern boundary of…

Oregon Trail Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.However,the danger wasn't from Native Americans as you might think.As a matter of fact,many records show that Native Americans helped,many of the travelers along the way.The real danger was from a disease called cholera that killed many shettlers.Other dangers included bad weather and accidents while trying to move their heavy wagons over the mountains. The pioneers were able to bring very little with them.When they…

“ A Movement.” John L. O’Sullivan was a democratic leader and influential editor who gave the movement its name. He used the term “manifest destiny” to promote the expansion of Texas and the Oregon country to the United States. O 'Sullivan addressed the ongoing boundary dispute with Great Britain in the Oregon Country. O 'Sullivan believed that God had given the United States a mission to spread republican democracy throughout North America. There are a lot of different things that the…

The “Oregon Fever” soon became an epidemic. Know as the "Oregon Trail," the route ran along the Missouri and Platte Rivers, across the Great Plains, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. The starting point for the 2,000 mile Overland Trail was Independence, Missouri where…