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Westward Expansion Interactive Questions
Directions: Read the introduction, Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, and Oregon Country. Answer the following
questions in complete sentences.
Introduction
1. What treaty ended the Revolutionary War? By how much did the United States grow?

2. What was the western boundary of the United States after the Revolutionary War?

Treaty of Paris, 1783

3. Who went to Britain to negotiate peace after the Revolutionary War?

4. What did the Treaty of Paris establish?

Louisiana Purchase
5. Why did the Americans want to purchase part of the Louisiana Territory?

6. When was the Louisiana Purchase? How much land did the United States receive? How much did they pay for the
land?

Oregon Country
7. Who jointly occupied Oregon? Why did people settle there (different for each of the two nations)?

8. When was Oregon divided? What marked the boundary?