Migratory Patterns Movement Westward Theyre Flocking This Way

Migratory Patterns Movement Westward

They’re Flocking This Way

Moving West Wanted “elbow room” n Mohawk Trail, Forbes Road, Braddock’s Road, Cumberland Road, Great Valley Road, and Richmond Road. Create Future n

Must Be 5 o’clock

Settling The Wild Daniel Boone: been to KY as early as 1767 n Survived Cherokee in 1773 n 1775: Hired to cut the Wilderness Road to Cumberland Gap n

Boone to Kentucky

Settling 2 1792: 75, 000 pioneers settled in KY n Most routes ended in Ohio Valley n 1780 s: a few hundred n 1830 s: 100, 000 s n

Buckeye State

Settling 3 Michigan Territory and Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana came about n 98, 000 slaves moved across the Appalachian Mountains n

Trans-Appalachia Fun

Forcing Natives West Government wanted to move Native Americans further West n Most of land government wanted to give was unfit for farming n

Watchful Eye

Natives 2 Treaties tricked Indians out of their land n Land west of the Mississippi was known as Indian Country n Diseases also killed n

Columbus Influenced?

To Florida 1795: Pinckney Treaty n Florida was Spanish and Americans could use Mississippi River in Spanish lands n US control Indians n

Not Around Yet

Florida 2 1810: American settlers declared West Florida independent n Expansion to control East Florida began n Seminoles began attacks n

Seminole Wind

Florida 3 Andrew Jackson invaded Florida to put down the Seminole rebellion n He wrote to James Madison that in “ 60 days” he would take Florida n

Feel Lucky?

Seminole Wars March 1818: Jackson captured all of Western Florida n Burned Seminole villages and captured Spanish towns n

Home No More

Seminole 2 1818: John Q. Adams said Spain violated the Pinckney Treaty n 1819: Adams-Onis Treaty gave U. S. Florida n

Yoink!

Manifest Destiny John L. O’ Sullivan n “obvious or undeniable fate” n 1845: It was the nation’s destiny to rule continent n

Elbow Room

Oregon Stretched from Northern California to Southern Alaska n Lewis and Clark saw it in 1806 n

Oregon Country

Oregon 2 Jedediah Smith and Jim Beckworth began the mountain men n Mountain men roamed country looking for pelts n

Old Man Mountain

Oregon 3 U. S. , Great Britain, Russia, and Spain all had claims n 1818: U. S. and Great Britain agreed to joint occupation n

Will Do Doc

Oregon 4 Native American wishes did not matter n After Adams-Onis, Spain gave up land n Russia later did the same n

YAY! Game

Oregon 5 Missionaries went west to try and convert the Native Americans n Jason Lee went to Willamette Valley in 1834 n

Lee’s Home

Oregon 6 Narcissa Prentiss Whitman n Worked with Cayuse and Nez Perce n Often created hostilities more so than mission n

Mission Woman

Overland Trails 1842 began migration West n Began from Independence Missouri n 2, 000 miles to Oregon n

Comfortable ?

To Oregon Took 4 to 6 Months n Families paid 500 to 1, 000 dollars for journey n People wanted to obtain land n

So Much Fun

The Trail Traded with Indians n Hard to get wagon through bogs and up hills n 10, 000 pioneers killed by cholera n

Beware!!

The Trail 2 Most traveled along present day Platte River n They also went through South Pass in present day Wyoming. n Then follow Snake River n

Hope You Can Swim!

Santa Fe Trail Independence to Santa Fe, New Mexico n 1821 route started n Carried goods from merchants to Mexico n

Old Santa Fe

Old Spanish Trail Travelers went to Southern California n Paralleled the Oregon Trail n People heading to Northern California veered from Oregon Trail n

Southern California

Mormon Migration Mormons were founded in New York n Moved to Nauvoo, Illinois n Prospered at first n Hostilities ensued n

Chief Mormon

Mormon 2 1844: Smith killed n 1847: Mormon Trail to the Great Salt Lake n Prospered as farmers n

BYU Founder

Gold Rush Sutter’s Mill: 1848 n 4, 000 people went to find Gold n Sutter became bankrupt n 1849: 100, 000 in CA n

Rut, R’oh!

Gold 2 Slaves also worked on owners work crews n Europe and Asia sent people as well n Indians were forced to work in the mines n

Where’s Joe?

Gold 3 Enabled San Francisco to become a city n Other gold strikes did the same I. E Cripple Creek n Most would become ghost towns n

Ghost Towns

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