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Original 13 Colonies
We claimed the land with a military conquest. The Declaration of Independance was a document that stated that the American people wanted to part from Great Britian. The war drained our economys money. So we were in great debt. -
Northwest Territory
We claimed the land by a military conquest. Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan were made out of the land. -
Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana land was purchased from France. We used the Mississippi River as our country's trade center. We bought the land for 15 million dollars. It almost doubled the size of our land. -
Adams-Onis
We claimed the land by a treaty. Southerners were upset with the Native Americans because they were helping run away slaves, and they were invading our lands. So we wanted to gain Florida as our land so we would not have this problem -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny - Americans believed that nothing could stop the growth from taking place. Puritan colonists believed that North America was a promised land that God had given them, to build a new society. -
Texas Annexation
We recieved Texas's land by a military conquest. The travel was often very dangerous. We did not want to adopt Texas because if we did then slavery might actually become legal in all states. Texas fought Mexico but lost entually, so Texas and Mexico signed a peaceful treaty for Texas to become a Republic. -
Oregon Territory
The Oregon Terriotry was gained by a Treaty in 1846. Great Britian, Russia, & Spain originally shared the territory with the U.S. California and Oregon were made out of this land. -
Gadsden Purchase
We bought the land for 10 million dollars and Arizona and New Mexico were made out of the land. During the purchase the continental boundries of the United States were finally fixed.
