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U.S. Territorial Expansion

1. U.S. Territorial Expansion. Year?. 1- Original 13 Colonies. 1776. Prior Owner?. Great Britain. How?. 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain. U.S. Territorial Expansion. Year?. 2- Western Lands. 1783. Prior Owner?. Great Britain. How?.

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U.S. Territorial Expansion

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  1. 1 U.S. Territorial Expansion • Year? • 1- Original 13 Colonies • 1776 • Prior Owner? • Great Britain • How? • 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain

  2. U.S. Territorial Expansion • Year? • 2- Western Lands • 1783 • Prior Owner? • Great Britain • How? • Treaty of Paris (ended Revolutionary War) • 1 • 2

  3. U.S. Territorial Expansion • Year? • 3- LouisianaPurchase • 1803 • Prior Owner? • France • How? • Napoleon needed $ • Jefferson only wanted to buy New Orleans • He purchased all of Louisiana for $15 million instead! • 1 • 3 • 2

  4. U.S. Territorial Expansion • Year? • 4- Florida Cession • 1819 • Prior Owner? • Spain • How? • Spain gave it to the U.S. as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty • 1 • 3 • 2 • 4

  5. Thinking Question • (don’t write this down!! Just think!) • Why weren’t Americans happy with the size of their country at this point in their history?

  6. US Territorial Expansion • Year? • 5- Texas Annexation • 1845 • Prior Owner? • Republic of Texas • How? • Many Texans wanted to become part of U.S. • U.S. President James K. Polk completes annexationof Texas in 1845 by joint resolution • 1 • 3 • 2 • 5 • 4

  7. US Territorial Expansion • Year? • 6- Oregon Territory • 1846 • Prior Owner? • Great Britain • How? • Oregon Treaty The British gained sole possession of the land north of the 49th parallel and all of Vancouver Island, with the U.S. receiving the territory south of that line • 6 • 1 • 3 • 2 • 5 • 4

  8. U.S. Territorial Expansion • Year? • 7- Mexican Cession • 1848 • Prior Owner? • Mexico • How? • Polk offers to buy section seven from Mexico for $30 million & they refuse • Mexican-American War results and America wins! • In Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. offers $15 million and receives Mexican Cession • 6 • 1 • 3 • 2 • 7 • 5 • 4

  9. Discussion Question • (Don’t write!! Just think!) • Why does the U.S. keep offering countries money for territories we gain through war (Example Florida and Mexico)?

  10. Last Part of the Puzzle in U.S. Expansion • Year? • 1853 • Prior Owner? • Mexico • How? • America needed to build southerly route for transcontinental railroad • American ambassador James Gadsden arranged purchase for this land for $10 million • Gadsden Purchase

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