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The original 13 colonies where the pilgrims lived.Gained this land by going to war with Britian.By beating Britian they got the Declaration of Independence.
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The territory that was created by the Northwest Ordinance.They got the land by expanding.A total of five states were created because of this.
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The belief that Americans were ment to expand westward.We thought that we could expand from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean.We thought god gave them the promise lands.
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The land that America purchased form France.Buying this helped make the economy better by making it easier and faster to transport goods.
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The comprimise we made with spain to buy Florida.Indians were raiding Americans and taking thier slaves or property and helping them escape.
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When Americans annexed Texas republic.Annex means to take control of the land.When Americans first moved there they were told they could bring as many slaves as they wanted.
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The territory we shared with Spain.We signed a treaty with great Britian to try to avoid a war with them.Part of California and Oregon were created because of this.
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Mexican cession was the result of the Mexican American war.People fought about who would get what land.The Gadsen purchase was the treaty that stopped the war.
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The land we purchased from Mexico.The treaty that stopped the war.This avoided a war.We payed 15 million to buy this land.We got California,Utah, and Nevada.
