Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

I. Sources of U.S. Expansion

A. Commerce

B. Land and the Overland Trail

C. Manifest Destiny

D. Politics

II. Americans in the borderlands

A. Texas and 1835 rebellion

B.  New Mexico

C. California

1. Mexican and American cooperation

2. John Sutter and the Central Valley

3. Bear flag revolt

III. Origins of Mexican War

A. Texas annexation

B. Taylor at the Rio Grande

C. Consequences

D. Where is the West and what is it?