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    The document summarizes several territorial acquisitions and expansions of the United States in the 19th century through annexation, purchases, and treaties including: the Texas annexation which admitted Texas as the 28th state; the Mexican Cession which expanded U.S. territory significantly in the West; the Oregon Treaty which divided the Oregon Territory between the U.S. and Britain; the purchase of Florida from Spain; the Gadsden Purchase which added land to Arizona and New Mexico; and the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the young nation. These expansions established the U.S. as a continental power and fulfilled the idea of "Manifest Destiny."

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    The document summarizes several territorial acquisitions and expansions of the United States in the 19th century through annexation, purchases, and treaties including: the Texas annexation which admitted Texas as the 28th state; the Mexican Cession which expanded U.S. territory significantly in the West; the Oregon Treaty which divided the Oregon Territory between the U.S. and Britain; the purchase of Florida from Spain; the Gadsden Purchase which added land to Arizona and New Mexico; and the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the young nation. These expansions established the U.S. as a continental power and fulfilled the idea of "Manifest Destiny."

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    Summative AOL Manifest Destiny

    By:Alexander Dilone
    Texas Annexation
    The Texas annexation was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of
    America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. The Republic of Texas
    declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836.

    WINNERS: United States

    LOSERS: Mexico
    Mexican Cession of Land
    This Mexican Cession included land that makes up the states of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah,
    Arizona, Texas, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The Mexican government received $15 million and
    the promise that the United States would settle all claims of its citizens against Mexico.

    WINNERS: United States

    LOSERS: Mexico
    Oregon Territory
    Originally claimed by several countries the region was divided between the UK and the US in 1846. When
    established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, Washington,
    and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming and Montana.

    WINNERS: America and Britain


    The Purchase of Florida
    The purchase of Florida was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to
    the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.

    WINNERS: America
    The Gadsden Purchase
    The Gadsden Purchase was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in
    which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that
    later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.

    WINNERS: America and Mexico


    The Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France
    in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United
    States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi.

    WINNERS: America and France

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