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Treaty of Paris of 1783
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Ended the American Revolution. The U.S. acquired land between the Appalachian Mountains and...
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Louisiana Purchase
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Land acquisition in 1803. Bought from France for $15 million dollars.
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Florida Cession
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Land acquisition from Spain in 1819. The two countries signed the Adams-Onis Treaty in which... |
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Annexation of Texas
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The Lone Star Republic was officialy added to the United States on December 29, 1945 as a result... |
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Oregon Country
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The U.S. and Britain agreed to a treaty that split the territory that the jointly occupied...
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Mexican Cession
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After the Mexican War (1846-1848), the U.S. acquired this territory through the Treaty of Gaudalupe...
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Gadsden Purchase
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Land acquisition in which the U.S. bought a small strip of land for $10 million from Mexico...
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Manifest Destiny
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"Obvious Fate" - term coined by some Americans that thought it was their "obvious fate" to...
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Thomas Jefferson
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President in office during the Louisiana Purchase.
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Britain
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Country that jointly occupied the Oregon Country with the United States
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