Konspekt USA history
like/want, prisoners
· Life in southern colonies-
Large plantations- tobacco, rice, cotton
Cheap labour
Slaves
Primary seaports in Charleston and South Carolina
· Westward expansion
1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent a secret message to Congress calling for a expedition in the
west. (Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean)
France owned the territory
Bought for 15,000,000 Dollars
´´Free Land´´ to attract people there
Gangs robbed travellers. Mexiacan origin
California Gold Rush of 1849 (80,000)
· Manifest Destiny
is a term that was used in the 19th century to designate the belief that the United States was
destined, even divinely ordained, to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic
seaboard to the Pacific Ocean.
· The influence of frontier on the development of American character
Thanksgiving
Religious freedom
Obsession with business and wealth
Green cards
´´No´´ discrimination