Growth of the

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Growth of the United States
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Label the Original Thirteen Colonies
Color the Original Thirteen Colonies Red
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Territory of the Thirteen Colonies

• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Ended the American Revolution
• This treaty recognized US independence from Great
  Britain
• This same treaty set the boundaries of this new
  nation from Canada to the Florida border and from
  the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

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Territory of the Thirteen Colonies

• Vermont 1791
• West Virginia 1863
• Alabama 1819
• Mississippi 1817
• Tennessee 1796
• Kentucky 1792
• Ohio 1803
• Indiana 1816
• Illinois 1818
• Michigan 1837
• Wisconsin 1848

Label and color the above states Orange
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Louisiana Purchase 1803

• Napoleon Bonaparte of France persuaded Spain to
  give back the LA area
• Napoleon then sells this area to Jefferson
  because he needs money to finance his war and his
  hopes of an American Empire had diminished
• Napoleon sells the Louisiana Purchase to the
  United States for 15 million and this alone more
  than doubled the size of the United States.

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Louisiana Purchase 1803
Label and color the above states Yellow
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Purchase of Florida 1819

• Spain was suffering serious internal problems and
  their territories in the Americas was on the
  verge of revolution.
• Spanish foreign minister Onis signed a treaty
  with Quincy Adams.
• The United States would pay up to 5 million to
  Spain's citizens and Florida would be ceded to
  the United States.
• The United States then ceded its claims to Texas
  west of the Sabine River.
• In addition, Spain ceded its claims to their
  Oregon Territories.

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Purchase of Florida 1819

• Florida 1845
• Label the dotted line Treaty of 1819

Label and color the state Green
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Annexation of Texas 1845

• The Mexican government wanted US settlement in
  Texas to help out with the Native Americans.
• They were offered Empresarios, land grants.
• Soon, the tensions mounted between the Texans and
  the Mexican government.
• The war for Texas independence lasted from
  1835-1836 with a Texan victory.
• The Treaty of Velasco granted independence for
  Texas.
• Sam Houston became the president of the Republic
  of Texas in 1836.
• President Polk favored the annexation of Texas as
  a state to the US and it became the 28th state in
  1845.

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Annexation of Texas 1845

• Texas 1845
• New Mexico 1912

Label and color the above states Blue
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Acquisition of the Oregon Territory 1846

• In 1818, Britain and US agreed to a joint
  occupation of this territory.
• The British settlers were fur traders and the
  decline of fur trades prompted the British to do
  something with the loss.
• President Polk, Fifty-Four Forty or Fight,
  determined to get this area he was willing to
  wage war against Britain.
• Britain didnt want to hurt relations with the US
  and/or their trading partner.
• They gave up their territorial claims to Oregon
  and the boundary was set at the 49th parallel.

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Acquisition of Oregon Territory 1846

• Washington 1889
• Oregon 1859
• Idaho 1890

Label and color the above states Purple
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Mexican Cession 1848

• Mexico wanted Texas back and the US wanted
  California. They would go to war with one
  another
• The War with Mexico would last from 1845-1848.
  Mexico was unwilling to give and so was true for
  the US.
• In 1848, Mexico finally surrendered because they
  had suffered many causalities.
• They signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
• Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande Border for Texas
  and ceded New Mexico and California to the US.
• The US agreed to pay 15 million for the Mexican
  Cession which includes present day California,
  Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona, and
  parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

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Mexican Cession 1848

• California 1850
• Nevada 1864
• Utah 1896
• Arizona 1912

Label and color the above states Pink
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Gadsden Purchase 1853

• Five years later, President Franklin Pierce would
  authorize the Gadsden Purchase.
• The US would pay 10 million for another piece of
  land south of the Gila River.
• This would also establish the current border of
  the lower 48 states.
• Color and label the piece below Arizona Grey.