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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.
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United States Army general, and an unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party of 1852.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Signed under the presideny of John Tyler. Treaty resolving several border issues between the U.S. and the British North American colonies.
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The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
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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.
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Marked the first armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.
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Limits the settlement between the United States and the Mexican republic.
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Organized incorporated territory of the United States, when the Southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the union as the state of Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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