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Treaty of Paris Ended The America Reovlution
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War, and made the 13 colonies a free and independent country. The Treaty of Paris was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay. America also gained land west of the 13 colonies, and that encouraged them to expand farther and farther west. The United States now reached north to the British Canada,west to the Mississippi river,and south to spanish Florida. -
Treaty of San Lorenzo
Often glossed over if not overlooked in many history books, The Treaty of San Lorenzo between Spain and the United States played a major role in the expansion of the infant nation's boundaries. The Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as Pinckney's Treaty) opened up the Mississippi River to American navigation. This was a way to move west before the Lousiana Purchase. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million, although the transfer would violate the terms under which he had received the territory from Spain. Congress approves the deal in October. The land of the Louisiana Territory now contains the states, or parts of, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming. -
Lewis and Clark Expedtion
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on there expedition west in the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase. President Jefferson assigned the expedition. They returned September 13, 1806. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a 32-month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire and their Indian allies which resulted in no territorial change between the Empire and the US, but a resolution of many issues which remained from the American War of Independence.The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's continuing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British supp -
Florida Cession
The Florida Cession, also known as the Spanish Cession, includes land that was divided into two sections, which were East Florida which consisted of present-day Florida and parts of present-day Alabama, and the other section West Florida, which consisted of parts of present-day Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Andrew Jackson paid 5 million dollars for it to Spain. To Spain Florida was just an expensive burden because not much was there. -
The U.S. Slave Trade Act
International Slave Trade Punishable by Death. Congress declared international slave trade piracy punishable by death. Many slave traders still traded Africans. More than 3.3 million Africans were still transported between 1801 and 1867, the vast majority to Brazil and Cuba. -
Andrew Jackson Elected
President Jackson was a democrat that made the Jacksonian democracy that influenced the Indian Removal Act. When Jackson became President, he implemented the theory of rotation in office by political appointments, declaring it "a leading principle in the republican creed". He believed that rotation in office would prevent the development of a corrupt bureaucracy. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. The Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant—and mostly forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West, an event widely known as the "Trail of Tears." -
Texas Annecation
The United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. Texas claimed the eastern part of this new territory, comprising parts of present-day Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, and Oklahoma. It made the U.S. 10 million dollars in debt. There was an ongoing border dispute between the Republic of Texas and Mexico prior to annexation. Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its border, while Mexico maintained that it was the Nueces River -
Mexican-American War
Between 1846 and 1848, two neighbors, the United States and Mexico, went to war. It was a defining event for both nations, transforming a continent and forging a new identity for its peoples. By the war's end, Mexico lost nearly half of its territory, the present American Southwest from Texas to California, and the United States became a continental power. -
Gold in California
James Marshall and Peter L. Wimmer discover gold in the tailrace at Sutter's new sawmill on the American River. News of the gold rush spreads throughout all of the U.S. California's military governor Richard Mason visits the gold region in early July. He writes a report about the large amounts of gold being gathered and sends a sample to Washington. He judges that the 4,000 men in the gold district were collecting up to $50,000 a day. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's rights convention in history was held in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention called for women’s suffrage and issued a Declaration of Sentiments based on the Declaration of Independence. Only two of the convention's participants would live to see the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. -
Oregon Territory
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. It was originally inhabitted by Native Americans. It served as the seat of government for some time. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla, or Sale of La Mesilla, in Mexico) is a 29,670-square-mile (76,800 km2) 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. There was a big railroad that ran through it.
