https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8 Go West en-us 2021-12-02 18:55:26 UTC 2026-01-25 22:01:49 UTC hello@padlet.com swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925931774 The thirteen original colonies/original states of the United States were:  Massachusetts (including present day Maine), New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.]]> 2021-12-02 19:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925931774 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925934805 The United States of America acquired the lands that would become Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan from the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 with England after the American Revolution.]]> 2021-12-02 19:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925934805 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925938688 The Louisiana Purchase, signed in 1803, would nearly double the size of the United States.  The lands acquired through the Louisiana Purchase included territories that would become the following states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.]]> 2021-12-02 19:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925938688 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925942838 Florida was ceded to the United States in 1819 from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty.]]> 2021-12-02 19:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925942838 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925944622 Oregon Country was ceded to the United States in 1846 by England.]]> 2021-12-02 19:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925944622 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925946686 Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836.  Texas agreed to be annexed by the United States in 1845.]]> 2021-12-02 19:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925946686 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925951306 The annexation of Texas resulted in the Mexican American War (1845-1848).  The United States victory in the war resulted in the Mexican Cession of lands that would become Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California after the war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo]]> 2021-12-02 19:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925951306 swiechjessica https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925961860 James K. Polk came to office, as the 11th president, with four major goals: cut tariffs, reestablish an independent U.S. Treasury, secure the Oregon Territory and acquire the territories of California and New Mexico from Mexico. Complete Manifest Destiny to the Pacific Ocean. He achieved these goals and left office, voluntarily, after 1 term.]]> 2021-12-02 19:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/swiechjessica/5whsdb5dzpczf8v8/wish/1925961860