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Western Migration & Expansion
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Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George because they got a new french territory in North America following the end of the French and Indian War.The reason why the Royal Proclamation of 1763 designed was to calm the fears of Native Indians by halting the westwards expansion by colonists’ expansion of fur trade. -
Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is the single important piece of legislation of confederation period. They are located with the great lakes and ohio valley, and it outlined a method for settlement of Ohio,Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. These new states would be created, and then admitted into the Union, and these make equal to old. -
Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, territory of France which located in the west of Mississippi River, sold from the American treaty called Louisiana Purchase. It is one of the greatest achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s that he doubled the size of the whole entire U.S continent. At that time, it was a greetable deal for the United States.The land of cost was less than five cents per acre at $ 15 million which is about $ 283 million in today’s dollars.Those land and fertile
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Red River Basin
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The parts of territory in British North America and the Red River Colony south of the south of the 49th parallel in the basin of the Red River of the North, acquired in 1818 from Britain by the Anglo-American Convention of 1818.
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The parts of territory in British North America and the Red River Colony south of the south of the 49th parallel in the basin of the Red River of the North, acquired in 1818 from Britain by the Anglo-American Convention of 1818.
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East & West Florida
- no exactly date East Florida was colony of Great Britain and Spain. East Florida named by Britain, Florida, but West Florida was controlled by Spanish, so its capital was St. Augustine. Britain formed East and West Florida out of territory it had received from Spain and France following the French and Indian War.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty is related into the firth policy of the Foreigners, involved Great Britain. Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed August 9, 1842, resolved relationship with Anglo- American. It was the first order of business was settling the border between the United States and Canada. -
Texas Annexation
- no exactly date The southern people were anxious to have the State of Texas annexed to the United States, and such a desire was a prevailing feeling in that sovereign State, because the annexation would increase the area and political strength of the slave power, and lead to a War with Mexico.
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Oregon Territory
- no exactly date Oregon Territory, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming claimed by both the U.S and Great Britain. In 1846, Both set the boundary at the 49th parallel
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Mexican Cession
- not exactly date The Mexican Cession was the result of the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848, and it turned to transfer and spelled out in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848.
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Gadsden Purchase
- no exactly date James Gadsden went to the Mexico City in 1853. He brought several proposals for buying from Mexico land to the South of the boundaries established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by President Franklin Pierce
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Alaska
Following the prospects of American Expansion, Russian government offered to sell the territory of Alaska to the United States. Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867 for $ 7.2 million, and it became 49th state of the United States. -
Hawaii
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America’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S territory, it resulted from economic integration and the rise of the U.s as a Pacific power. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution annexing the islands, much like the manner in which Texas joined the Union in 1845. Hawaii remained a territory until granted statehood as the fiftieth state in 1959.
