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Caroline raid 1841 - British offered asylum to 130 Virginia slaves who rebelled and captured American ship Creole Manipulating the Maine Maps O Aroostook War Militia from Maine and Canada entered disputed Aroostook River valley London sent Lord Ashburton to Washington Webster and Ashburton agreed to compromise on Maine boundary The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone 1 O O The Belated Texas Nuptials O Texas was a leading issue in presidential campaign of 1844 Democrats were proexpansion Whigs opposed annexation Tyler arranged a joint resolution ● Resolution passed in 1845 and Texas was formally invited to join the Union O Oregon Fever Populates Oregon O O O O O A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny Mexico did not recognize Texas's independence Texans had to maintain a costly military establishment British interested in an independent Texas O O ■ O Oregon claimed by Spain, Russia, Britain, and United States Spain and Russia backed out British and American claims were strong ■ ■ Only a small segment of Oregon Country was in actual controversy by 1845 Polk the Purposeful O O Clay chosen for presidential candidate for Whigs; James K. Polk chosen for Democrats Manifest Destiny Belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America ■ Swayed the expansionist Democrats Clay had a confusing stance on Texas Polk defeated Clay One of Polk's goals was a lowered tariff O Acquisition of California and settlement of Oregon dispute Compromise line of 49° Misunderstandings with Mexico Secretary Robert J. Walker lobbied a reduction of Tariff of 1842 Restoration of the independent treasury ● ■ Walker Tariff of 1846 proved to be an excellent revenue producer California was valuable to the U.S. O Polk dispatched John Slidell to Mexico City in 1845 to negotiate $25 million ■ Mexico refused to hear the proposal >>> American Blood on American (?) Soil ■ Polk wanted to buy California, but relations with Mexico weren't good ● Diplomatic relations shattered from the Texas issue ■ Polk ordered 4,000 troops under General Taylor to the Rio Grande on January 13, 1846 April 25, 1846 - Mexican troops attacked ■ Congress voted for war Polk said American blood has been shed on American soil Whigs opposed the war Abraham Lincoln pushed his spot resolutions, requesting Polk to identify the location of where American blood had been shed 2 O >>> The Mastering of Mexico O ■ O O Polk solely wanted California, not war Successful operations ■ ■ Fighting Mexico for Peace Nicholas P. Trist signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, on behalf of U.S. Confirmed American title to Texas Yielded California U.S. agreed to pay $15 million and assume claims of its citizens against Mexico ■ ■ Did Polk provoke war? ■ California Bear Flag Republic (1846, short-lived) Victory at Buena Vista Victory at Mexico City Polk submitted the treaty to the Senate Approved Profit and Loss in Mexico ■ O Mexican American War ■ Satisfied the Manifest Destiny Provided field experience for military officers Ugly turning point in relations between U.S. and Latin America Resurfacing slavery issue David Wilmot introduced the amendment that slavery should never exist in the formerly Mexican territory Wilmot Proviso never became law 3