Western Migration and Expansion_Hamdeh_Pd.3

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    Proclamation of 1763

    The proclamation of 1763 was very important and it didnt let american setllers move west of Mississippi.King George created this because of the land that came from The French and Indian war can be made to prevent violence with the native americans. Colonists were kind of were angry they could not settle there and they were just in the war to get the land. A Lot of colonists ignored the proclamation though. The proclamation of 1763 was a major factor to the american revolution.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The proclamation of 1763 was very important and it didnt let american setllers move west of Mississippi.King George created this because of the land that came from The French and Indian war can be made to prevent violence with the native americans. Colonists were kind of were angry they could not settle there and they were just in the war to get the land. A Lot of colonists ignored the proclamation though. The proclamation of 1763 was a major factor to the american revolution.
  • North West Territory

    North West Territory
    The british navigation acts were no longer benefiting cololonist and trade was restricted with brithish ports and the west indies. It also over ruled the Canadian Confederation.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The louisiana purchase was bought from the french and it was so important because it doubled the size of the U.S. It was very cheap and it allowed Americans to go out west and expand. The amount of slaves also increased. It was the beginning of the Western expansion.
  • West and East Florida

    West and East Florida
    The Unitied states acquired this land from a treaty in 1819. Indians came to Florida into U.S territory and raided border towns and u.s criminals could not be recovered.
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Webster-Ashburton Treaty
    The Unitied states acquired this land from a treaty in 1819. Indians came to Florida into U.S territory and raided border towns and u.s criminals could not be recovered.
  • Texas Annexation

    Texas Annexation
    The texas annexation was very important because the annexation led to Texas being the 28th state in the United States. It also led to the Mexican-American War which the Americans won.
  • Oregon Territory

    Oregon Territory
    Spain, Russia, Great Britian and the United States had supreme power to the Oregon Territory. Oregon was half a million square miles west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, and it is between the southern tip of Alaska and the north boundary of California.
  • Mexican Cession

    The Mexican Cession was very important because the U.S acquired territory that became the states of Nevada, California, Arizona, and Utah.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase
    The Gadsen purchase was very important because the U.S had acquired even more land they fufilled their manifest destiny. The U.S had acquired lands south of the Gila river and land west of the Rio Grande.
  • Alaska

    Alaska
    The purchase of Alaska was very important because it reduced the number of countries to North America. This stopped the problem of border control between Mexico and the United States.
  • Hawaii

    Hawaii
    The purchase of Hawaii was very important because it made the United States become an imperial power.