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Thomas Jefferson
An American lawyer, Founding father, and principal author of the Decleration of independance. He was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights which motivated American colonists to break away from Great Britain. -
Winfield Scott
United States Army general, and an unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party of 1852. -
Louisiana Purchase
The acquistion of the Loisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The Louisiana territory included 15 present U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
First American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, from near St.Lewis making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. -
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
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Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the United States and defined the boundary between the United States and New Spain. -
Remember the Alamo
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Signed under the presideny of John Tyler. Treaty resolving several border issues between the U.S. and the British North American colonies. -
Teas Annexation
The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States. -
President Polk
Polk was the 11th President, born in Mecklenburg County, NC. Served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Represenatives and the Governor of Tennessee. -
War with Mexico
Marked the first armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Limits the settlement between the United States and the Mexican republic. -
Oregon Territory
Organized incorporated territory of the United States, when the Southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the union as the state of Oregon. -
Mexican Cession
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Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States. Before his presidency he served as a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of General Major. -
Gadsden Purchase
Region of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico purchased by the U.S. in a treaty signed by American ambassador to New Mexico, James Gadsden. -
Rio Grande