French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was mainly a fight between these two European countries for control of North America.
What are Britain and France?
This 1763 order from King George III drew a line along the Appalachian Mountains and said colonists could not settle west of it.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This word means land owned and ruled by the U.S. government but not yet a state.
What is a territory?
In 1803, the U.S. bought a huge area west of the Mississippi River from France in this famous land deal.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This belief said that the United States was meant to spread from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This country won the French and Indian War and gained a lot more land in North America.
What is Britain?
Colonists already living west of the Proclamation Line were told to do this.
What is move back east of the line?
This word means a written agreement between countries, often used to end wars or trade land peacefully.
What is a treaty?
This 1819 agreement with Spain gave Florida to the United States.
What is the Adams‑Onís Treaty?
In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward arranged for the U.S. to buy this northern territory from Russia.
What is Alaska (Seward’s Purchase)?
Britain had this big problem after the war because fighting is expensive.
What is a huge war debt (they owed lots of money)?
One main reason Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 was to prevent more wars like this Native-led conflict on the frontier.
What is Pontiac’s Rebellion (or more fighting with Native Americans)?
This word means the U.S. buys land from another country, usually by paying money in a treaty.
What is a purchase?
This 1846 treaty with Britain set the border in the Pacific Northwest at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
At first, some Americans joked that buying Alaska was “Seward’s Folly.” Today, why is the purchase seen as smart?
Because Alaska has valuable resources and a useful location.
After the war, many colonists wanted to move west into this general region of new lands.
What is the western frontier (land west of the Appalachian Mountains)?
Colonists were angry about the Proclamation of 1763 because they believed they had earned this by fighting in the war.
What is the right to settle and use the western land?
This word means the U.S. government officially takes in new land and adds it to the country, not always by buying it.
What is annexation?
After the Mexican‑American War, this peace treaty had Mexico cede a large area of land to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (the Mexican Cession)?
In 1898, the United States annexed this Pacific island group after American‑backed planters overthrew its monarchy.
What is Hawaii?
Britain wanted to avoid more costly fighting with this group in the frontier, so they tried to limit westward settlement.
Who are Native Americans?
After 1763, Britain passed new money‑raising laws such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts. These were all types of what?
After 1763, Britain passed new money‑raising laws such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts. These were all types of what?
This word means one country formally gives up land to another, often in a peace treaty after war.
What is cede (a cession)?
Signed in 1853, this agreement bought a small strip of land from Mexico to help build a southern railroad route.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This phrase describes the kind of war in which the U.S. and Mexico fought from 1846–1848 before the Mexican Cession.
What is the Mexican‑American War?