HIST 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: James K. Polk, George Carlin, Moses Austin
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Main reason is because of the indians that controlled the area. Should it be legislative or federal government that should be in charge. Moses austin - original granter of the charter. Given a contract for letting him and a group of people live there. Requirements: mexican citizens, no taxes, abide by mexican law (anti-slavery) These guys dominate the social life of the southwest. Democratic (james polk) wins popular votes by 50%, 1,300,000 people and electoral votes by 62% and. Manifest - to make something visible, destiny - to make it so. Henry clay wants to use the federal company to bind it into one economy. Let"s purchase the land from mexico and lets have congress determine whether it be free or slave, not by missouri compromise. New york, pennsylvania and ohio had the highest electoral votes. If new york had gone towards clay, they would"ve won. James birney won 10,000 votes in new york and clay lost by 5,000 votes.
