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U.S. expansion
Question | Answer |
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13 Colonies | Great Britain was the original owner, and we fought the American Revolution, then we had the Treaty of Paris. |
Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley | French owned it first, then British, but after the Treaty of Paris, our reach had expanded into this region. |
Florida Territory | Spain owned Florida, but the Native Americans were living there. They kept attacking us, so we sent Andrew Jackson to secure the border, but he went into Florida, which almost started a war. We had the Adams-Onis Treaty which gave us the Florida territory |
Texas Annexation | Mexico owned Texas |
Gadsden Purchase | |
Mexican Cession | |
Oregon Treaty |