HIST 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Antonio López De Santa Anna, United States Territorial Acquisitions, Manifest Destiny
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While most of the west outside of the lousiana purchase was controlled by other countries, many continued to travel into the region. Most settlers cared little about foreign boundaries. By 1860, over 300,000 had traveled to oregon and california. The panic of 1837 sent many settlers scrambling west. When mexico won its independence from spain in 1821, most of its vast northern region in today"s us was sparsely populates. Most were inhabited by a mixture of missionaries, settlers and soldiers in small communities. The opening up of the santa fe trail connected the 2 nations commercially and opened up the settler"s interest in the region. Settlers, both with and without permission, began to populate the area. Inhabitants of california and tejanos inhabited the respective regions. Wanting to help populate the region, antonio lopez de santa ana grant permission to stephen f.
