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there are 13 original colonies At the time the rest of the territory was unknow and unchartered/unmapped to the settlers.
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Between 1775 and 1783 these colonies united against Britain in the American revolutionary war -
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signed in Paris by Great Britain and the United States of America in September 1783 officially, ended the American revolutionary war. The treaty set the boundaries between the British empire in north America the US at this time stretched up to the Mississippi river. -
the US bought from France for $15 millions and which doubled size of the united state -
Which would allow commerce with the East
Provide settlers with maps.
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all the vast native lands east of th Mississipi River were to be exchanged for land the west -
it's a 2,200 miles historic wagon route and emigrant trail streaching between missouri and oregon or california -
A group of American pioneers who migrated from the Midwest to California by wagon. End -> 1847 -
the California gold rush ran in Sierra Nevada and North Carolina -
Signed by Abraham Lincoln, it promote settlement as well as development of the American West -
The first American train, the Trancontinental Railroad connected the East with the West of US -
hollywood has participated in the creation of american identity by promoting the idea that settlers were protecting themselve from indians
