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Westward Expansion

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show Great Britain owned the 13 colonies.  
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show The United States got the 13 colonies by going to war with Great Britain, known as the American Revolution, and then officially getting the land from the Treaty of Paris in 1783.  
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Who previously owned the Great Lakes Region and Ohio River Valley?   show
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How did the United States obtain the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio River Valley?   show
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show France previously owned the land.  
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How did the United States obtain the Louisiana Purchase?   show
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Who previously owned the land known as Florida?   show
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How did the United States obtain Florida?   show
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show Both America and Great Britain jointly owned it.  
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show The Convention of 1818 established a border between Canada and America at the 49 degree latitude.  
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Who had previously owned the Texas land known as the Texas Annexation?   show
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How did America obtain the Texas land?   show
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Why did it take so long for America let Texas be apart of the United States?   show
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show Mexico still had thought Texas belonged to they thought that America was stealing part of their country so they started the American - Mexican War.  
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show Mexico owned it.  
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How did we get the land known as the Gadsden Purchase?   show
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show Mexico owned it.  
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show We paid $15 million dollars and signed the Gadsden Treaty.  
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Who owned the Oregon Territory?   show
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show We outnumbered the British, so the border stayed at 49 latitude and the British got to keep Vancouver.  
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