American Expansion by Maclaran Brown

13 colonies - maclaran

maclaranb — 2023-10-26 13:55:29 UTC

The British settlers came to these new lands for many reasons. Some wanted to make money or set up trade with their home country while others wanted religious freedom. it was established by British colonist.

Luisiana Purchase - maclaran

ianb14 — 2023-10-26 13:58:38 UTC

Napoleon decided to give up his plans for Louisiana, and offered a surprised Monroe and Livingston the entire territory of Louisiana for $15 million. In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.

Treaty of 1818 - ian

ianb14 — 2023-10-26 14:02:02 UTC

The treaty was negotiated for the US by Albert Gallatin, ambassador to France, and Richard Rush, minister to the UK and for the UK by Frederick John Robinson, Treasurer of the Royal Navy and member of the privy council, and Henry Goulburn, an undersecretary of state. The treaty was signed on October 20, 1818. It was what created the border between United States and Canada.

united states - ian

maclaranb — 2023-10-26 14:02:11 UTC

the agreement to the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which was signed in concert with treaties between Great Britain, France, and Spain. The final treaty granted full independence and recognized the borders of the new United States of America.

mexican cession - maclaran

maclaranb — 2023-10-26 14:04:32 UTC

This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Texas Annexation - maclaran

ianb14 — 2023-10-26 14:04:54 UTC

On June 23, the Texan Congress accepted the US Congress's joint resolution of March 1, 1845, annexing Texas to the United States, and consented to the convention. Under the terms of the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States approximately 525,000 square miles in exchange for a $15 million lump sum payment, and the assumption by the U.S. Government of up to $3.25 million.

Oregon territory - ian

maclaranb — 2023-10-26 14:06:21 UTC

In 1846 the Oregon Treaty was signed between the US and Britain to settle the boundary dispute. The British gained the land north of the 49th parallel, including the Vancouver Island and the United States received the territory south of the parallel. it also created the northern border of the united states.

Gadsden Purchase - ian

ianb14 — 2023-10-26 14:07:43 UTC

The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this was so they could build a railroad to California.

Florida - maclaran

maclaranb — 2023-10-26 14:08:09 UTC

adams used the Jackson's military action to present Spain with a demand to either control the inhabitants of East Florida or cede it to the United States. Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida.