A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . e to negotiate a peace ? 281, 282 37. Give an account of the battle of the Molino del Rey 282 38. Of Santa Annas flight and the taking of the city of Mexico 283 39. Of the siege of Puebla and battle of Huamantla 283, 284 40. Of the treaty of peace, with its principal provisions 284 286 TAYLOR S ADMINISTRATION. TAYLORS ADMINISTRATION. I. Polks successorin the presidency wasGeneral Zacliary Tay-lor, the hero who hadachieved such bril-Uant victories in t
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . e to negotiate a peace ? 281, 282 37. Give an account of the battle of the Molino del Rey 282 38. Of Santa Annas flight and the taking of the city of Mexico 283 39. Of the siege of Puebla and battle of Huamantla 283, 284 40. Of the treaty of peace, with its principal provisions 284 286 TAYLOR S ADMINISTRATION. TAYLORS ADMINISTRATION. I. Polks successorin the presidency wasGeneral Zacliary Tay-lor, the hero who hadachieved such bril-Uant victories in thewar with inauguration tookplace at Washington,on the 5th of March,1849,* the 4th beingSunday. One of theearhest and most diffi-cult of the questionswhich commandedthe attention of hisadministration, grewout of tlie acquisitionof CaUfornia and NewMexico. II. In February,1848, gold began to be found in California in large quantities. When the news ofthe discovery reached the Atlantic States, and spread through-out the other States, a wonderful excitement was at once cre-ated, and in a very short time thousands of emigrants were. * President Taylors cabinet consisted of John M. Clayton, Secretary of State ; William M. Meredith,Secretary of the Treasury ; George W. Crawford, Secretary of War; William B. Preston, Secretary ofthe Navy ; Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior ; Jacob Collamer, Postmaster-Oeneral; and ReverdyJohnson, Attorney-General. The department of the Interior had been created by Congress on the 3d ofJIarch, two days before Taylors inauguration. Taylous Administration.—I. Qitestions.—1. Who succeeded Polk in the Presi-dency ? 2. When was Taylor inaugurated ? IL 3. When was an important discovery made in California? 4. What was it?5. What was the consequence ? TAYLOR S ADMINISTRATION. 287 on their way to the land of gold. The rush thither was trulymarvelous; not only did people go from the United States,but they likewise flocked from Europe, iVsia
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