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Manifest destiny
Manifest Destiny timeline -
Louisiana Purchase
In this event the U.S.bought Louisiana so they could expand the U.S. -
Purchase of Florida
The purchase of Florida occured in 1819. It was bought from Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 and kept the balance of power in the senate between the slave states and free states. It also called for slavery to be banned from the Lousiana Territory north of the parallel 36 degrees 30. -
Indian Removal Act
Native Americans were removed from the east and forced to travel west. -
Annexation of Texas
The annexation of Texas occured in 1845 and it was an independent republic. -
Oregon Territory
In 1846, the United States and Great Britain decided to split the Oregon Territory in two at the 49th parallel. -
Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession was purchased in 1848 from Mexico. It included the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arzona, parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
