Destiny and Expansionof America

The class 8B had social study as their last period. They were all worn out from P.E. but they tried their best to learn all they could.

Today in class we talked about destiny, having an example about eight ball. Our class had a very enjoyable time withe the eight ball since we got to put the questions that we wanted to. My classmate, Billy Park, had a question to ask. It was if he would get into Princeton and the ball said absolutely. This had a relation about what we were learning since we talked about manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was about American spreading their ways of living since they thought they were chosen by God.

Also in class we learned about how part of Mexico and Texas became United States. Mexico seperated from Spain, like America seperated from Great Britain. Mexicans wanted people to live on their land since they might get it taken away. Lots of Americans came to live in the lands, but they wanted to use slaves which was against Mexico's rules. So Americans stood up and fought for their liberty to have slaves. The American won and they got their lands. When the Mexico stricked once more, still the Americans won. But the Americans who were seperated wanted to be accepted to be an offical state since they might get attacked again. Which is the state of Texas right now. The American government refused at first since they did not want a war with Mexico and have issues about which side the state would be going into, slavery or free. Later, America and Mexico had a war, America won and they wrote a treaty saying that America would pay for the debt of Texas when it was independent. America accepted Texas. Which meant America has expanded their territory

When we had 20minutes of class left over, we had time to work on our next immersion. The "Debate over Slavery."

Britney B. 8B