Polk's Presidency

Annexation of Texas
1. Joint Resolution 1845/6
  1. Texas annexed
  2. kept their land and debt and option of subdividing into 4
2. Oregon Treaty 1846
  1. admitted oregon to be free state(balance with Texas)
  2. divided by the 49 degree line
Manifest Destiny/ Polk's Expansion
1. Exapansion west coined by Sullivan
2. Zach Taylor in CC
3. Sinegotiate border @ RG & Cali $30 mil
4. Arrillaga comes in power MX
War Against Mexico
1. Taylors
  1. Matamoros official declaration of war
    1. April 1846
  2. Several winning battles afterward
2. Kearny
  1. secured Cali
3. Scott
  1. large scale assult @ Vera Cruz
  2. Occupied MX City
4. Treaty of Guad Hildago
  1. RG Border, Cali, gave MX 15 mil
  2. Offered MX residents citizenship & prop rights
  3. Feb 2 1848
Legacies of Mexican War
1. first amphibious attack
2. american pride
3. Junior officers trained to become civil war generals
4. newspaper correspondence

Resource summary

	Created by Shannen Miller almost 11 years ago