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Groups of Events - Napoleon Bonaparte In the early years of his rule, Napoleon sent a large army to quell a slave revolt in the French Caribbean sugar colony of Saint-Domingue, which he hoped to rebuild into the centerpiece of a North American French empire. When the slaves defeated the French army, Napoleon abandoned his plans for American empire and sold his mainland territory—Louisiana—to the United States.

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French military officer who rose through the chaos of the French Revolution to become Emperor of France. In the first two decades of the 19th century, Napoleon was the most powerful and fearsome individual in Europe, leading French armies to conquer much of the continent.

Group of events 1898 (continued) In the Treaty of Paris (December 10), Spain renounces all claims to Cuba and cedes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States, marking the emergence of the United States as a world power. The United States also annexes Hawaii this same year. || About the picture Rough Riders During the Spanish-American war Theodore Roosevelt (center) led the Rough Riders, pictured here at San Juan Heights, Santiago, Cuba, 1898. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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1898 The Spanish-American War is fought. Admiral George Dewey leads the U.S. naval squadron that defeats the Spanish fleet in the Philippines on May 1, and General William Shafter leads regular troops and volunteers (including future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders) in the destruction of Spain’s Caribbean fleet near Santiago, Cuba, in July.

Group of events The Effects pt.3 New territories gave the country access to greater natural resources and the Pacific trade. But the acquisition of new territories also revived the debate over slavery and its expansion, an issue that would lead to the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. The second wave of Manifest Destiny led to the American acquisition of territories beyond continental North America. || About the picture Manifest Destiny An illustration by Udo J. Keppler from Puck magazine in 18

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Group of events The Effects pt.2 By the end of the Mexican American War in 1848, the United States had extended sovereignty from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and from the 49th parallel on the Canadian border to the Rio Grande in the south. Indigenous populations suffered through armed conflict and forced relocation. The sparsely populated western regions of the continent became folded into a nation with enormous potential for power. The hundreds of thousands of settlers who moved west establish

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Topic: Causes and Effects of Manifest Destiny Section: The Causes (pt.1) The westward movement had been an American priority before the 19th century. As soon as the English colonized North America, they hoped to conquer the vast wilderness to the west. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the country, sparking people’s desire to move west.

Group of events The Causes pt.4 Some historians have stressed the role of government and influential corporations, which had the ability to overwhelm indigenous populations during the pursuit of land and resources. Military strength led to a second wave of Manifest Destiny in the late 19th century.