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The Lousiana Purchase
The biggest purchase of land in history, giving the United States 827,000 square miles of land from the French sovergnity. -
Great Britain Cession
This cession gave an addition of Rupert's Land to the United States. -
Spanish Cession
This cession added Florida to the United States, and was signed because Florida became a burden to Spain after the Latin American Wars of Independence. -
President Polk
James K. Polk was elected president. -
Texas annexation
Polk encouraged Texas to accpet President Tyler's offer, as it would benefit their economic state. They agreed and got added to the Union as the 28th state of the United States. -
The start of the Mexican-American war
The Mexican war was sparked up by the Mexican loss of half of it's territory. -
Oregan treaty with Great Britain
This treaty set the British North American border with the exeption of Vancouver Island. -
Mexican Cession
This cession ended the Mexican war, and shaped the international and domestic histories of both The United States and Mexico. -
The Gadsden Purchase
This purchase settled the main boundaries of what we call the United States today. -
The Start of the American Civil War
The war was fought for the existence of the Union or independence of the confederacy.
