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James Monroe's presidency witnessed the 49th parallel become the international border of the U.S.
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James Monroe's presidency was responsibility for signing a treaty to gain Florida from the spanish
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Under James Monroe the Missouri Compromise was passed meaning that any new state north of 36° 30' was a free state except for Missouri
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The Monroe Doctrine warned foreign countries that colonization would not be tolerated by the United States.
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The Battle of Jacinto took place in present day Houston during Martin Van Buren's presidency and was arguably the most important battle in the Texas Revolution
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Very major event in the Texas Revolution. This took place during Andrew Jackson's presidency and was the true turning point of the Texas Revolution
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Sam Houston served as the president of Texas from 1836 to 1838 and is the namesake for the 4th most populous city in the U.S.
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The Aroostook war took place during Martin Van Buren's presidency.The so called war was a border dispute with military interventions from both the U.S.A and the British over the border of New Brunswick and Maine
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The Mexican War took place during James K. Polk's presidency and was a war of territory that helped Americans feel that the U.S's manifest destiny of expansion was being accomplished
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The 49th Degree line aka the 49th parallel is the the line running horizontally across the U.S. and it is used for the border line from the great lakes to the pacific ocean. James K. Polk's presidency is responsible for this agreement with the British.
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Under James K. Polk the 49th parallel excluding the island of Vancouver was decided to be the border of Canada and the U.S.
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James K. Polk saw the proposition of a law that would ban slavery in the new territory from the Mexican War.
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This treaty officially ended the Mexican war during James K. Polk's presidency, the treaty signed away the land that would become California, New Mexico, Arizona, and a few other states.
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The Webster-Ashburton treaty was a treaty to solve some minor border disputes with Canada
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One of the biggest internal mass migration of human populations within the borders of the same country was after the discovery of gold in Sutters mill. Zachary Taylor's administration oversaw 300,000 people moving into the newly acquired territory of California.
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The Compromise of 1850 was under the presidency of Zachary Taylor, the compromise was to prevent a crisis over slavery
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The Gadsden purchase was during the Franklin Pierce administration, the purchase gained land in the southern part of Arizona.
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The Mexican law prohibiting Americans from entering Texas was seen by James Buchanan and the goal of the law was to prove Mexico's owner ship of Texas.