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West and East Florida
At first France, Spain, and Britain all held parts of Florida, but by the end of the American Revolution, it was all Spanish territory. Neither side wanted war, and in 1819, the two countries signed the Adam-Onís Treaty. The treaty, named after Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Spanish minister Louis de Onís, ceded Florida to the United States. In exchange, the U.S agreed to pay up to $5 million in damages to Americans who had claims against Spain
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Proclomation of 1763
The British called for a westward expansion beyond the Appalachians for exploration and settlement. In the Appalachians, they created new settlements there. Many colonists liked the Indian-style tactics as well -
Northwest Territory
he creation of as many as five states in the northwest portion of the Ohio Valley on lines originally laid out in 1784 by Thomas Jefferson. Organized into the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Mexican government was in desperate need of money, and it agreed to sell a small strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the United States for $10 million. The Gadsden Purchase included land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico -
Louisiana Purchase
We gained the mississippi river during the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase resulted in more land which means we need to get more people. President Thomas Jefferson believed in a land society with a strong local government. Jefferson wanted to decrease the size of the federal government. Louisiana Purchase offered U.S room to grow and access to natural resources, waterways, and fertile farmland. By Jefferson buying all of Louisiana, he doubled the size of the country. -
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. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
A treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies. -
Texas Annexation
Mexican government tried to encourage Americans to move to texas a military between Indians and southern provinces. -
Mexican Cession
The treaty recognized Texas as a U.S. state, and ceded a large chunk of land,about half the area that belonged to the Mexican republic,to the United States for the cost of $15 million. The Mexican Cession included land that would later become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as portions of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.The treaty also stated that Mexicans who remained in the state would be permitted to become U. S. citizens,and that they would be allowed to keep their property, -
Oregon Territory
Land claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. This was an ongoing dispute until the Treaty of 1846, which set the boundary at the 49th parallel, where it is today. -
Oregan Territory
Congress created the Oregon Territory, an area that includes what is today Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and western Montana. It became a popular place for various groups of immigrants and settlers -
Alaska
The purchase was widely unpopular among Americans, partly because President Andrew Johnson was himself suffering from very low approval. Critics of the purchase derided Alaska as "Seward's folly" or "Andrew Johnson's polar bear garden," arguing that it was ridiculous to purchase land so far away from the rest of the United States. American attitudes quickly changed, however, with the discovery of gold in Alaska in the 1890s. In 1959, nearly one hundred years after it became an American territory -
Hawaii
In 1898, a new president, William McKinley, came to office and agreed to annex the islands. Hawaii became the 50th state of the union in 1959.
