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West & East Florida
East Florida was a colony of Great Britain from 1763-1783 and of Spain from 1783-1822. East Florida was established by the British colonial government in 1763. Britain formed East and West Florida out of territory it had received from Spain and France following the French and Indian War. -
Proclaimation of 1763
This occurred when the British won the French and Indian War. However, when they won, they still needed to deal with three groups of people: The French, the Native Americans allied with the French, the British colonists who wanted to expand more. The British were a problem because they wanted to go further West, but the government didn’t want any conflict with the Native Americans. They then created the Proclamation of 1763, which basically drew a line in between the area the Native Americans we -
Northwest Terriotory
The Northwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 13, 1787, until March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Ohio. The Northwest Ordinance helped the colonists gain land rights, and eventually created the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin -
Louisiana Purchase
The area known as Louisiana was given to the French by Spain, but in 1803, the U.S. government bought the territory for $15 million. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, parts of Minnesota, most of North Dakota and South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River. -
Red River Basin
The land acquired by the United States in the treaty that became part of the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
A treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies. It resolved a fight at the Maine and New Brunswick, established the border between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, reaffirmed the location of the border in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains, called for a final end to the slave trade on the high seas, and agreed to shared use of the Great Lakes. -
Texas Annexation
In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. The United States thus inherited Texas' border fighting with Mexico, which quickly led to the Mexican-American War. During this war, the U.S. captured additional territory, extending the nation's borders all the way to the Pacific Ocean. -
Oregon Territory
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. -
Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is the name of the region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. -
Gadsden Purchase
A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853. -
Alaska
Alaska was the 49th territory to become a state, and it was sold to the United States by Russians 7.2 million dollars. This all occurred in 1866. -
Hawaii
Hawaii was the last state to become part of the United States, and was independent for most of its history. However, Hawaii decided to overthrow the queen, and eventually they did in 1893.
