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United States
The United States was declared Independent from Great Britain in 1783 because they were fed up with England's rules and ristrictions. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803 and was purchased by the United States for about 15 million dollars from the French. -
Florida Annexation
Floirda was gained from Spain in 1821. The reason that the United States wanted to gain Florida was because Florida was a big state and it had tons of fertile land to farm and there was alot of cattle to herd. -
Texas Annexation
The United States were expanding westward and they wanted the land of Texas from Mexico because they had amazing land to herd cattle. -
Oregon Country
In the United States the people believed that they had the right to expand there land to the east. They took the land from Britian and pushed them up north into what is now Canada -
Mexican Cession
The United States took this land so they could have the land close to Texas and they were looking at California. -
Gadsden Purchase
The United States bought this land from Mexico for 10 million dollars. After the Treaty of Gaudalupe there were tensions between the United States and Mexico so they settled for this land.
