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The Louisiana Purchase close to doubled the United States in size and consisted of everything west of the Mississippi River until the Rocky Mountains. This deal was made with the French for fifteen million dollars and would bring a lot of conflict in the years to come.
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The United States go to war with Britain because of how they interfere with trading and westward expansion.
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The Missouri Compromise was made to keep a balance between the slave and free states. By admitting Maine as a free state they were able to admit Missouri as a slave state. Another part of the agreement stated that past a certain degrees north of the Louisiana Purchase slavery would be prohibited.
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The Monroe Doctrine states that an land on American continents are not open to be colonized by European powers.
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This act forced thousands of Native Americans that lived east of the Mississippi to move west of the Mississippi. Around the end of this year it is said that almost 50,000 Native Americans were relocated west of the Mississippi.
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America declares war on Mexico so that they may lay claim to territories like California and Texas,
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Gold is found at Sutter's Mill in California and attracts even more people to the west. It helps the west grow by drawing more of a population as well as helping it acquire the skills that the people have. This discovery also lead to the Gold rushes peak that would come the following year.
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Mexico agrees to recognize the Rio Grande as the Border for Texas and agrees to give great deal of southern territory along with California for 15 million dollars.