American Expansion by Zaniya Carter

13 colonies

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In the early 1600s, the British king began establishing colonies in America. By the 1700s, most of the settlements had formed into 13 British colonies.

Florida

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The United States now wanted control of Florida. Spain's attempt to bring settlers to Florida failed, and by 1800 Spain's control of Florida had weakened. Gaining control of Florida for the United States would mean gaining control of the Mississippi River. That was an important route for trade.

United States

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The insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America.

Louisiana Purchase

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Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase from napoleon for 15 million dollars. Napoleon was reluctant to sell the the Louisiana purchase, but he had to because he needed the money to pay his men and he needed military force.

Treaty of 1818

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The United States signed a treaty with the British to connect the British Canada, and create a northern boundary between the United States and Canada.

Texas Annexation

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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.

Mexican Cession

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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

Oregon Territory

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Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States

Gadsden Purchase

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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