Original 13 Colonies - 1783- Land won from American Revolution. Original 13 colonies, Treaty of Paris - 1783- Land won in American Revolution. , Louisiana Purchase - 1803- Purchased from France bt Thomas Jefferson, Florida - 1819- Last piece of land acquired (from Spain) East of the Mississippi River , Texas Annexation - 1845- Annexed by the United States in 1845, Oregon Territory - 1846- Completed Americas Destiny to reach the West Coast, Mexican Cession - 1848- Mexico gave up this land (15 Million) to the United States after the Mexican American war, Gadsden Purchase - 1853- Purchased from Mexico for 10 Million. for railroads, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848- Ended the Mexican American War, Manifest Destiny - Belief that America had the God given right to Conquer land from East coast to West coast, 1849 - California Gold rush, Railroads - Allowed goods to be moved across the United States, James K. Polk - President who annexed Texas in 1845, Mexican-American War - 1846-1848- Fought because of disputed land and border issues, Rocky Mountains - geographic barrier in the Western United States, Reservations - land designated for Native people who were pushed off their land due to Westward Expansion, slave - Texas was annexted in 1845 as a _______state,

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