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Territorial Expansion: Enlarging the National State

Territory Original United States Date Acquired Previous Owner Method of Acquisition (Treaty, Annex., etc.) Important Facts Regarding Acquisition

Louisiana Purchase Following War of 1812, commissions met to resolve outstanding issues between GB and US. The Treaty of 1818, among other things, set the 49th parallel as border between US and British Canada by ceding land claim to US. Allowed for joint occupation of Oregon Country for the next decade.

British Cession

1818

Claimed by Britain and the USA

Treaty

Florida

Texas

Oregon Country

Mexican Cession

Gadsden Purchase

Key or Legend: Identify the Territorial Acquisitions on the map. Accurately draw in the border, label each territory and color code using a colored pencil.

Original United States British Cession

Texas Mexican Cession

Louisiana Purchase Florida

Oregon Country Gadsden Purchase

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