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Lousiana Purchase
Land acquired during Thomas Jefferson's presidency from France. We purchased millions of acres of land from France, basically doubling the size of our country. From the purchase, 15 states were directly created. -
The Adams-Onis Treaty
The treaty granted the U.S.Florida and settled the quarrels over Texas. The treaty set up clear borders between Texas and New Spain (which is now Mexico). -
The MIssouri Compromise
Decided the balance of slave vs. free states as more states are added. MIssouri was to be a slave state -
The Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830 and was the forced removal of Indians from their land to the west. It began in the deep south which modeled all other Indian removals. The Act caused the death of many of the Native Americans moved. -
John L O'Sullivan's Article on the Annexation of Texas
The term manifest destiny was first coined by O'Sullivan in a United States magazine. He believed it was our mission to accomodate the ever growing American population. "our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions" -
The U.S. and Britain Agree on the 49th Parallel
-Went from the Rocky Mountains to the Straight of Georgia
-Established boundaries between Canada and the U.S. -
California Gold Rush
-Peaked in 1852
-All together about 2 billion dollars worth of gold was extracted
-Thousands of Prospectors rushed to California to strike it rich
