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Treaty of Paris
This was negotiated without French knowledge.
U.S. is independent.
Ended the Revolutionary War. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787- Territory to State Process
Created North West territory in U.S.
No slavery in the NW territory. -
Treaty of Ghent
No land changed hands.
Impressments not discussed. -
Treaty of 1818
This set the border with Canada.
It did not touch Oregon. -
New States
9 new states were added by now.
They had a problem with Missouri. -
Florida Purchase Treaty
U.S. buys Florida.
Set boarders with Spanish territories. -
Immigration & Market Revolution
Population growing.
High birth-rate.
Western cities. -
Erie Canal
Connects west to east.
South was left out.
West farms wheat and corn. -
Indian Removal Act
Most tribes went peacefully.
Resistance in Florida. -
Texas Gains Indepence
Texas gained independence from Mexico.
They are called the Lone Star Republic. -
Battle of the Alamo
Texans lose.
"Remember the Alamo." -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans gain independence.
Sam Houston- First President -
Irish Potato Famine
Generally settled in cities.
They were Catholic, uneducated, and given lower wage jobs. -
Texas Annexed
Upsets Monroe Doctrine.
Angered Mexico. -
Gold Rush of California
Gold was found in California.
It brought 300,000 people there.
