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April 26 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war. May 14 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1846th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 846th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1846, the ...
"Manifest Destiny", a term coined by journalist John L. O'Sullivan, captured the idea that the young American nation was destined to rule all of the North American continent. [ 1 ] Democratic Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri was a prominent leader of this movement, into which he enlisted his son-in-law, John C. Frémont.
1834 – Slavery debates at Lane Theological Seminary are one of the first major public discussions of the topic. 1835 – Alexis de Tocqueville 's Democracy in America published. 1835 – Second Seminole War begins in Florida as members of the Seminole tribe resist relocation.
Issues of slavery in the new territories acquired in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) were temporarily resolved by the Compromise of 1850. One provision, the Fugitive Slave Law , sparked intense controversy, as revealed in the enormous interest in the plight of the escaped slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin , an 1852 anti-slavery novel and play.
The Emmet County Historical Commission is again holding its annual essay contest, open to any third or fourth grade student in Emmet County. Historical commission accepting student historical ...
The Joseph McDowell Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented two American History Essay awards on Jan. 14 at the Champion Hills Country Club.
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.