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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation kept colonists to the east which would allow the british to be able to collect taxes easier. This also prohibited western expansion from the Appalachian mountains. -
Northwest Territory
The Northwest Territory consisted of 4 years. (1783-1787) The Treaty of Paris (1783)- Gained Ohio River Valley, Land Ordinance (1785)- The land was broken up land into acres to back debt, education, and cost of moving out west, Northwest Ordinance (1787)- Rules of becoming a state, prohibits slavery -
Louisiana Purchase
We doubled the size of the 13 states and gained New Orleans and the Mississippi River. -
Red River Basin
The land acquired by the United States in the treaty (Louisiana Purchase) , known as the Red River Basin, would ultimately become part of the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. -
West & East Florida
Florida was highly populated by Seminole Indians who were causing alot of trouble within the American Territory. Andrew Jackson cleared all of the Seminole settlements out of Florida by hanging two Indian Chiefs and capturing two Spanish forts. In 1819, John Quincy Adams bargained with Spain to cede all of Florida for $5 million. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Was a treaty that solved several border issues between the U.S and British north American colonies. It established a border between lake superior and the lake of the woods, which started the treaty of paris. -
Texas Annexation
During the Texas Annexation there were rules that they had to go by inorder to become a state. First, Texas would have to keep both public lands and public debt. It had the Power to divide four other states if in the future if texas wanted to do so. Texas also had to deliver all military, postal, and customs facilities and authority to the U.S. government. -
Mexican Cession
A peace treaty was signed with Mexico on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe-Hidalgo. (treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo) This treaty recognized Texas as a U.S state. Also Included land such as California, Nevada, Utah, and portions of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. This treaty also stated that Mexicans who remained in the state and would be permitted to become citizens and allowed to keep their property. -
Oregon Territory
The territory is about half a million square miles west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, between the northern boundary of California and the Southern tip of Alaska. Lewis and Clark came to the Oregon coast during their adventure. Russia and Spain as well as many others wanted this territory and led to economic depression. -
Gadsden Purchase
James Gadsden payed Santa Anna $10,000,000 for territory south of the Gila River. This territory is in southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona. -
Alaska
A year earlier than the date of the purchase, Russia offered to sell Alaska to the U.S. Americans liked the idea of expansion and also the new discovery of gold. On March 30, 1867 Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.5 million. Alaska would become the 49th state. -
Hawaii
The sugar plantation owners in Hawaii wanted to get rid of the Queen. They needed help so they called the U.S. armed forces for help. Once on island American flag was raised. The queen then gave America the 50th state Hawaii.
