Chapter 6 Section 2 Dealing With Other Nations

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By issuing the Monroe Doctrine the United States signals its interest in

shaping events in the Americas.

Relations With Spain• Spain’s control in Florida

weakens- Runaway slaves from

Alabama & Georgia join the Seminole Nation

- Seminoles attack & raid American territory

• 1817 - Andrew Jackson attacks & seizes Florida for the U.S.

• Adams-Onis Treaty cedes (gives up) Florida to the U.S. in 1819. - Sell it to U.S. for $5 million- Texas border also set- See map on next slide

Spanish Florida, 1803

Relations With Spainthe Adams-Onis Treaty

• Spain is gradually losing more and more of their land in the Americas…

Spanish Colonies Win Independence• Father Miguel Hidalgo

organizes resistance against Spain in 1810 (Sept. 16, 1810 Mex. Ind. Day)

– Hidalgo is captured & executed in 1811

• Mexico wins independence from Spain in 1821 (Sept. 28, 1821)

• Simon Bolivar (the Liberator) leads Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, & Panama to independence from Spain– By 1825 most Latin American

countries are driving out European powers.

Simon Bolivar“The Liberator”

Father Miguel Hidalgo

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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)

• France & Russia offer to help Spain retake their old colonies.– This worries President

Monroe & Secretary of State John Quincy Adams Why?

– Adams wants U.S. to act alone Why?

• The Monroe Doctrine: • The U.S. will NOT allow any

European power to create any new colonies in the Western Hemisphere (North & South America)

• Nor can they interfere with any of the new Latin American countries.

President Monroe &

John Quincy Adams (author of the Doctrine)

History of the Monroe Doctrine

Uses of the Monroe Doctrine:• 1823 – Document issued, Simon

Bolivar is stoked!• 1842 – President John Tyler tells

Brits to stay out of Hawaii• 1845 – President James K. Polk

objects to British/Texas alliance• 1863 – Napoleon III invades Mexico• 1895 – Venezuela crisis (Britain

again)• 1904 – “Roosevelt Corollary” added• 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis

President Monroe and J.Q.A. could never have imagined the lasting impact and many uses of their “little proclamation”.

Relations With Canada• Canada revolts against Britain

in 1837- Rebellion put down but Britain

grants Canada powers of self-government

• the right of the people to rule themselves independently

• The Act of Union (1841) unites Canada but…- Britain retains control of

Canada’s foreign affairs.• Tensions with U.S. high after War

of 1812 but gradually improve- U.S./Canadian border settled by

1846- Now one of our greatest alliesU.S./Canadian relations have been

excellent for almost 200 years.

ELECTION OF 1824 – CAMPAIGN – Mini Project

• The election of 1824 was one of the most interesting elections in U.S. history.

• There was only one political party.• But there were 6 qualified candidates.• Your group will try to get one of them elected!• You will create a POSTER and a SPEECH.

– And here are the candidates…..

ELECTION OF 1824 – CAMPAIGN – Mini Project

Andrew Jackson

John Marshall John Quincy Adams Henry Clay

William Crawford John C. Calhoun