April 5

Tyler’s alienation Tippycanooe dies. He goes against every policy program or initiative of the Whig party. They put him on there to balance the ticket. Every member of Tyler’s cabinet resigns except for Webster. Tyler was a man with no party. Internal slave trade is all the US has after 1808. Creole Incident In 1841 slaves aboard the creole stage a mutiny. The British help by freeing the slaves after they arrive in the Bahamas. The US British relations get much worst because of this. Webster Asbury Treaty. Daniel Webster and Richard Ashburton offer a treaty. We get more land around lake supior. The British appolge for he Caroline Affair. In 1837 Americans tried to help Canada revolt against Britain. The creole incident - the two countries agree to jointly patrol the African coast for Slave Runners. Manifest Destiny The Aristook war came to a end. John L O’Sullivan first says MAnifest Destiny. God wants America to touch the Pacific even if it meant America had to take land from Mexico. Oregon is jointly occupied by America and Britain. We want Texas because there are thousands of Americans. You must become Catholic to settle in Texas/Mexico. The are 3x times more Americans in Texas than there are Americans living in texas.