History: The Red River

The thing that is wrong about this, is that Mexico doesn’t care about Texas’s act because they don't have to follow it. The Mexicans owned that land and the Americans just came and barged in it, so the least they could do is give them the border that Mexico wanted. Also, Document C is a great source that talks about Mexico’s perspective on the border dispute. It states that America stationed troops on the Rio Grande river. Mexico took this action as though America was going to attack them because they were stationed in Mexico’s territory.

The Secret River by Kate Grenville focuses on the characterisation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and social expectations each may have in the 19th Century. Throughout the entirety of the novel Grenville discusses characters and how each adjust to their new environments whether it be the Aborigines or the non–Aboriginal Australians.

Have you ever needed easier access to the essential items to stay alive? This is specifically what the residents of the North-East thought around the year 1817. Carol Sheriff argues in her book, “The Artificial River” that the residents of the canal corridor actively sought after long-distance trade and therefore consumer goods that markets brought to their homes. The fact that people supported the Erie Canal at all "suggests that at least some aspired to engage in broader market exchange" (p. 11). The transformation of this region because of the Erie Canal is organized around six topics, each of which is covered by a chapter. They include the; Visions of Progress, the Triumph of Art over Nature, Reducing Distance and Time, the Politics of Land and Water, the Politics of Business, and the Perils of Progress.

Incidentally, a few years later the discussion of the annexation of Texas to the United States had begun, but required years of debate before the final decision came in December of 1845 where Texas joined the Union as a slave state. This issue of slavery caused much of the debate in whether or not to accept Texas into the Union as doing so may have further disrupted the status quo by upsetting the political balance in Congress and in the country. All the while, Mexico remained another source of concern as people thought the annexation of Texas would cause some sort of trouble with them. Despite all of this, Texas was eventually annexed with its own new state government and constitution to go along with it. Although it had already been defeated by Texas in their revolt, Mexico remained angry at the annexation of Texas and began the Mexican-American War spanning all of 2 years, from 1846 to 1848 bested by the American army. This resulted in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, establishing the Rio Grande as the United States-Mexican border. Along with the establishing of set borders, Mexico accepted the United States annexation of Texas and it agreed to sell California and the rest of the territory north of the Rio Grande to the U.S.

Louis L’Amour, author of “Rivers West” and many other famous books and short stories, was born in Jamestown North Dakota March 22, 1908. L’Amour was an indifferent student and dropped out of school at the age of 15. The next two decades L’Amour traveled the world and held many different jobs, he was a lumberjack, an elephant trainer, a miner, and during World War 2 he served as an officer in the tanks corps in Europe. It was not till he came back from World War 2 that he decided to be a writer and he wrote books as wells short stories, but finally after years his big break came at the age of 46 with the western book “Hondo” which later was adapted into a movie done by John Wayne. L’Amour married Katherine Elizabeth Adams in 1956, and they had two children. Over the next thirty years L’Amour wrote many more books and short stories, some were eventually adapted into movies, and on June 10,1988 Louis L’Amour died of lung cancer though he was not a smoker.

This route has a delightful blend of woodland and river scenery. We visit the cosy little village of Lartington and explore the sylvan valley of Deepdale Beck where a wide range of flora and fauna can be enjoyed.

Redmond Washington is an innovative community that continues to venture into new territory, trailblazing and working to improve on the past. Mayor John Marchione described Redmond as,

because the need for access to the Pacific Ocean for trading. In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe was signed. For 15 million, Mexico ceded more than one-third of its territory and the U.S. acquired all of Arizona north of the Gila River (McClory, 2001). Unfortunately, southern Arizona still was in control by Mexico, which included Tucson. Arizona and New Mexico became one territory called the Territory of New Mexico. Soon after, the United States paid another 10 million for 30,000 square miles of the Mexican territory that included Tucson. Congress thought the purchase was meaningless because it was just desert land. The Gadsden Purchase gave the final boundary that Arizona has today. In 1860, along with the constitution, a governor and other elected officials were established. That was unfortunately short lived because of the Civil War. In 1862, Union troops entered the state and placed it under martial rule, this action further delayed Arizona’s official admission as a state (McClory, 2011).

At some point in our lives, we all took a history class and learned about the Slave Trades, the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. Whether it was in elementary school, high school, or even in college, we all got a sense of that history and happened during that time frame. From what I learned, the impression that I got from what these history books were explaining was that, first, white people went to Africa and gathered hundreds and thousands of people, took them on boats to and turned them into slaves. Then after years have passed, good ol’ President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and blacks and whites lived equally ever after. Although these events did happen, textbooks still managed to “sugarcoat”

Signed on February 2, 1848, in Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by the U.S. and Mexico. The United States appointed Nicholas P. Trist, a citizen of the United States and the Mexican Republic has appointed Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo Couto, and Don Miguel Atristain. This Treaty, brought to an end the Mexican American War. Bringing peace between the two countries. The U.S. called for Mexico to cede 55% of its territory, extending the boundaries of the United States by over 525,000 sq/m. This newly acquired land is what is known as present day Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado,and Wyoming. In exchange for this land, Mexico received a $15 million compensation.

In 1845 Texas was annexed as a state, however disputes between America and Mexico remained concerning where the border would be located. President Polk at the time had no choice but to send troops due south to defend Texas and the Thornton affair, won by the Mexicans, would force congress to declare war on Mexico.

Characters in the text The Secret River by Kate Grenville represent a variation of attitudes and views towards the colonisation of Australia and the Aboriginal Australians. While many characters are indecisive about their opinion on the natives, some characters have a clear mind-set on how they are to be treated. The characters of Thomas Blackwood and Smasher Sullivan represent the two very different sides of the moral scale, and the other characters fit between these sides. Smasher is a vicious, cold-hearted man who shows no respect or humanity towards the Aboriginals. On the other hand, Blackwood’s character contrasts Smasher with his humanity and general respect to the original owners of their new home. The

The area known as the U.S.-Mexican border wasn’t first recognized until about the 16th century, when a multitude of settlers of different backgrounds came to this area in order to get rich off the silver that was discovered. This land technically belonged to the kingdom of New Spain but due to it being so big, it made it incredibly hard for the kingdom of New Spain to settle in northern parts of the territory. It wasn’t until about the 19th century when the United States purchased land westward of the Mississippi River from France, called the Louisiana Purchase, which the northern Mexican area started to have changes. Mexico,

How has Thornhill’s identity been shaped by his life in London? Identity is distinctly shaped by environmental factors. In the novel, ‘The Secret River ‘by Kate Grenville, London is portrayed in a negative scope. To do this, she uses numerous language techniques including slang: ‘…buildings packed in hugger-mugger’, which alludes to a secretive and enclosed town.

However, the border between US and Mexican territory was under debate. The treaty between the US and Spain in 1819 had established that the border of Mexico lied along the Sabine River, but there were two rivers leading into the Sabine Lake, the Neches River and the Sabine River. The US representative Anthony Butler recommended to the President that the US government should claim the Neches River as the border. Butler, a friend of President Jackson, was barely qualified to be a US representative, “[his] only qualifications for the post were an acquaintance with Texas and a strong desire to see the United States obtain it” . The decision to claim the Neches River as the border cut into the territory that Mexico believed to be their territory. On April 6, 1821, Mexican and US leaders signed a treaty “to prevent Indians living in its territory from committing hostilities against either citizens or of Indians living within the other’s jurisdiction” . When US settlers in Nacogdoches, a city along the Neches River, were being attacked by Indians, US congress voted to send General Edmund P. Gaines to observe the situation along the Neches River. The leaders of Mexico were not fulfilling their part of the treaty by allowing Texas settlers to be attacked by Native Americans in their territory, so the US congress reasoned that they must take care of the situation in Texas.