Westward Expansion

  • Vasqueros

    Vasqueros
    Many English-speaking settlers migrated to the West and adopted aspects of the vaquero culture, including their clothing style and cattle-driving methods. History. com
  • Westward Expansion

    Westward Expansion
    President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. History.com
  • U.S motivations Part 1

    U.S motivations Part 1
    By the early 1820s, many Latin American countries had won their independence from Spain or Portugal, with the U.S. government recognizing the new republics of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico History.com
  • U.S motivations behind Monroe Doctrine

    U.S motivations behind Monroe Doctrine
    Russia had also inspired concerns of imperialism, with Czar Alexander I claiming sovereignty over territory in the Pacific Northwest and banning foreign ships from approaching that coast in 1821. History.com
  • Monroes message to Congress

    Monroes message to Congress
    Monroe expressed the basic tenets of what would later become known as the Monroe Doctrine history.com
  • Monroe Doctrine U.S foreign policy

    Monroe Doctrine U.S foreign policy
    the United States did not invoke the Monroe Doctrine to oppose British occupation of the Falkland Islands; it also declined to act when Britain and France imposed a naval blockade against Argentina. history .com
  • Sutters Mill

    Sutters Mill
    James Wilson Marshall found gold flakes in the American river. He is a carpenter working on waterpower saw mill.
  • 49ers Come to California

    49ers Come to California
    In 1849 men from around the country gave up everything to search for gold.
  • Californias Population

    Californias Population
    California populated so much since 1848-1849. People have been coming all over the world and California has been populating fast.
  • Californias mines after the Gold Rush

    Californias mines after the Gold Rush
    After the Gold rush about 1850's the Gold on the surface when they were panning official vanished. But the 49ers still mined and tryed to find more gold.