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Manifest Destiny

By OmediaG

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Deal between the United States and France where the United States bought land west of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars. After the purchase, Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition consisting of a group of United States Army volunteers under the command of the Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Lieutenant William Clark.
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  • Red River Concession

    The United States signed the Convention of 1818 with Great Britain in order to settle some issues left open by the Treaty of Ghent, which four years earlier ended the War of 1812.

  • Florida

    The United States wanted to take Florida from Spain because of the attacks by Seminole Indians and runaway slaves in Georgia. After signing the Adams-Onis Treaty Spain gave Florida to the United States in exchange for $5 million and control of Texas.

  • Webster Ashburton Treaty

    Treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies.

  • Texas Annexation

    Incorporation of the Republic of the Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845 Santa Ana was an army officer and statesman who was in the middle of Mexico’s politics during this time. The battle cry "Remember the Alamo" was yelled in the struggle Texans faced for independence from Mexico, later used by Americans in the Mexican War.

  • Oregon Treaty

    Reason why United States and Great Britain were fighting until it was settled by the singing of the Oregon Treaty.

  • Mexican Cessions

    Historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico gave to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after American-Mexican War. During the war President James Polk( whose Fifty-Four Forty or Fight slogan guaranteed his win for president) ordered General Zachary Taylor and his 3,550 troops to march over the Rio Grande. Winfield Scott was the one that commanded the southern prong attack in the Mexican-American War.

  • Gadsden Purchase

    Agreement between the United States and Mexico finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico 10 million for 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became Arizona and New Mexico.