Years
Locations
Reasons Why
Treaties
How we get the land
100
What year did we get the 13 colonies land?
1783
100
Where is the Louisana Purchase area?
Most of the land from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains - middle of the U.S
100
Why did we want the Oregon Territory?
fur trade, timber, wild game
100

The Mexican-American war originally was a territorial dispute over ______ which led to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Texas

100

How do we get the original 13 colony land

What is American Revolutionary War

200
What year did we get Florida?
1819
200

Where was the original colonies located?

along the east coast, bordered Canada, and as far west as the Mississippi River.

200
Why did we want the Gladsden Territory?
to build a railroad
200

In the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo what territory that was ceded as a result of the war known as?

Mexican Cession

200
How do we get the Louisiana area?
Purchase it from France for 10 million
300

What year did we get the Louisana Purchase?

1803

300
What land did we gain in the Mexican Cession?
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming
300

Why did settlers go to Texas?

free land

300

The _______  Treaty was an agreement that set the boundary between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the Rocky Mountains.

Oregon

300
How do we get the Mexican Cession
Mexican American War, peace treaty, sold the land
400
What year did we get Texas?
1845
400

What states came with the Oregon Treaty?

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

400

Why did we fight the Mexican American War?

we wanted the ports in California, and all the natural resources

400

The Adams-Onis Treaty refers to the territorial acquisition of which state?

East Florida. (Florida is acceptable).

400

How do we get Florida?

Spanish gave it to us after we invaded the area

500
What year did we get the Oregon Territory?
1846
500
Where was Gadsden Territory located?
Arizona
500
What could the soil in Florida grow
cotton and rice
500

The Treaty of La Mesilla refers to which territorial aquisition?

Gadsden Purchase

500
How did we define the border of America on the West Coast in the Oregon Territory
We signed a treaty with Britain that set us at 49th latitude
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