Manifest Destiny
In 1808, John Jacob Astor established the American Fur Company.
In 1845, Texas joined the Union. The Santa Fe Trail became a busy trade route to the west. Many shippers wanted to build seaports on the Pacific coast for trade with East Asia Polk offered 30 million to Mexico for California, New Mexico, and the Rio Grande as the Tex-Mex border, but after the war, the US offered Mexico 15 million and 3.25 million in debts that Mexico owed America. |
Back in the WestForty-niners were fortune seekers who came to California during the Gold Rush in hopes to become rich.
Around this time, agriculture, shipping, and trade grew extremely. Also around this time, the religious group known as Mormons migrated and started taxing property and building industries. They also made a profit by selling supplies to the forty-niners. |