Natives, Africans, and Mexicans in the U.S.- 1776-1861

1. Immigration

1.1. Manifest Destiny is the expansion of the U.S. due to high rates if immigration.

1.2. U.S.-Mexican War causes many residents of their native land become foreigners of it.

1.2.1. Violation of land

2. The Texas Revolt

2.1. U.S. citizens migrate to Mexican territory

2.2. Texas was seen as a cotton producing state and good soil as a place for slave labor.

3. Indian Removal

3.1. President Jackson introduced "Indian Removal Act". It discussed the removal treaties with Indians. Indians had to relocate.

3.2. According to Jackson, Indians were not civilized people.

4. President Jackson

4.1. His plan was to remove Indians from their land.

4.2. Negotiated treaties for exchange of lands.

5. Slavery

5.1. Emancipation Proclamation: the abolishment of the Slavery

5.2. African Americans as brought as slaves.