Belief the US was destined by God to spread it's "empire of liberty" across North Am. Served as a justification for mid-century expansion
John O. Sullivan
Am. editor invented the saying manifest destiny to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregan country to the US
Aroostook War
Clashes between Am. and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine resolved when a boundary was set
John Tyler
10th US president after being a tenth vice president in 1841
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
August 9, 1842 resolved border issues between US and British North Am. colonies signed under John Tylers presidency resolved the aroostook war
Joint resolution
legality measure by senate and the house of representatives and presented to president to become law like the Texas annexation
Quebec Halifax road
used by the British as an overland communication link between Britain etc. When St. Lawrence river was frozen
The Caroline
Dispute between US and Britain after Britain set fire to an Am. steamer carrying supplies for Canada
The Creole
Am. ship captured by VA slaves sought asylum in the Bahamas raising southern planters fear that the British west indies would be a safe haven for runaway slaves
Election of 1844
Democrat James k Polk defeats whig candidate Henry Clay
