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Proclamation of 1763
1763, The proclamation of 1763 prohibited western expansion beyond the appalachian mountains. The British did this because the needed to collect taxes from the colonists to pay off their debt from the seven years’ war and the British wanted to keep them close to colonial authority. -
Northwest Territory
1787, one of three federal territories of Canada. The Northwest Territories entered the Canadian Confederation July 15, 1870, but the current borders were formed April 1, 1999, with the creation of Nunavut. -
Louisiana Purchase
1803, America agreed to buy the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars. The purchased more than doubled the size of the United States but no one knew the exact size of the territory. -
Red River Basin
1818, The US signed a treaty with Great Britain called the Treaty of Ghent and in this treaty the US acquired land to be known as Minnesota and North Dakota. -
West and East Florida
1819, The United States signed a Treaty in 1819 which gave them the land in west and east florida because Spain gave the US a land exchange for Texas. -
Texas Annexation
1837, The idea of annexation in the south was ideal but not in the north. Texas would represent another slave state. The problem of the annexation followed through the 1844 election and a treaty to annex texas was submitted to senate. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1842, treaty resolving several border issues between U.S and British North American colonies. it resolved problems over location of the maine border, and established another border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. -
Oregon Territory
1846, The Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains. This territory created conflicts between Europe and the United States. These conflicts eventually rose to treaties like the Treaty of 1818 that set up a joint occupation. -
Mexican Cession
1848, The Mexican Cession refers to the land surrendered by Mexico after the Mexican War. The terms of this transfer were written in the the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The land was most of the Southwest Region of the United States from California to New Mexico. -
The Gadsden Purchase
1854, The Gadsden Purchase was an agreement between the US and Mexico in which the US payed Mexico 10 million for territory that would later become Arizona and New Mexico. -
Alaska
1868, The US purchased Alaska in 1968 from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. The purchase was made final in the treaty of cession. -
Hawaii
1898, The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. Hawaii became a territory in 1900 and Dole became the first governor. The annexation of Hawaii extended the United States territory into the pacific.
