1. How the Americas Changed: The Long 19th Century By: Twyla Gollery

2. The Americas in the 19th Century With the word of gold and fortune in the Americas many young men traveled there, leaving their families to go to an unfamiliar place Some made great riches gold mining, others began to settle down and hoped to profit from the service industry This was the age of independence for the United States, Canada, and Latin America

3. The Americas in the 19th Century Canada did not have to fight a war to gain it's independence, although there was political tension, Canada united when the U.S. expanded westward As the U.S. began to expand westward tension grew between them and their neighbors on the borders of the country, and also within the country on slavery Latin America worried about the U.S. borders, but also was concerned with gaining independence and obtaining land for agriculture and ranching

4. The Little Ice Age The Little Ice Age effected all of these regions Crops went to ruin, ships got frozen into the harbors and were unable to sail for a period of time, people got sick and died more commonly Unusually strong weather effected peoples travels and work

5. Frontiers of the Americas On April 30, 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place and doubled the size of the United States at that time Thomas Jefferson found it vital to buy this territory because he didn't want the New Orleans port to be blocked by the French or Spanish On offering to buy the port the French want to sell the whole territory and a price is agreed on This is now part of 15 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces

6. Frontiers of the Americas Prince Maximilian was a German explorer Maximilian decided that he wanted to explore the Americas in the Area where the Louisiana Purchase was His goal was to study, record, and sketch the Native Americas culture and traditions He hired Karl Bodmer as a sketch artist and they traveled together recording the American area as it was

7. Crossroads of Freedom: Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution was a series of outbursts by slaves to try to end slavery Slave owners treated there slaves badly, had poor living conditions, and would work their slaves to death Inspired by the French Revolution slaves rebelled against their owners and took over a third of the island To protect France's economic interest(crops) the country freed all men of color

8. Crossroads of Freedom: The US-Mexican War The Mexican-American war occured during 1846 to 1848 President James K. Polk wanted to expand the U.S. all the way to the Pacific Some Americans criticized the war because of the high cost and high casualties The results of the war were that Mexico had to give the U.S. Alta California and New Mexico in exchange for 18 million dollars Mexico also made it official that Texas was no longer theirs either

9. Crossroads of Freedom: The Indian Mutiny of 1857 This began as a rebellion of sepoys of Indian soldiers in service of the European army This rebellion took place against the East Indian Companies army Began May 10, 1837 in the town of Meerut soon the rebellion migrated to the Gangetic plains and central India The mutiny was settled in 1858

10. Crossroads of Freedom: The Crimean War took place between 1853 and 1856 In was fought between the Russian Empire against the French, British, Ottoman Empires and the Kingdom of Sardinia The Empires were trying to gain power over the Ottoman Empire which was declining