1. Original 13 states [1776]The original 13 colonies are formed when the United States declared independence. Once they formed the declaration of independence they became their own country.
2. Treaty of Paris [1783]The treaty of Paris was signed by the U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. The 1783 Treaty was one of a series of treaties signed at Paris in 1783 that also established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
3. Louisiana purchase [1803]The United States needed New Orleans because of the port there, but when Napoleon controlled Louisiana we feared that he might stop shipping and close the port to New Orleans. Then, the United States decided to offer to buy New Orleans, but Napoleon offered to sell all of Louisiana for only 15 million
4. Ceded by Spain [1819]The United States were having troubles with Florida because their Indians were invading our land and our run-away slaves would be accepted by the Indians. Then General Andrew Jackson invaded Florida illegally and Florida got disturbed. The United States then got Monroe to tell Florida to govern their state or get out, and they decided to get out.
5. Texas annexation [1845]Texas became a separate section of Mexico and Moses Austin was told to bring in American families that were willing to become Mexican citizens and convert to Catholics. They became the old 300 because Moses Austin got 297 families to live there. Then when Moses dies his son Stephen arrived, just as Mexico declared independence. But the success of Austin’s colony created a conflict because then a rush of settlers went to Texas. They came into Texas with the idea of not becoming a citizen and not following any of the circumstances that Moses had made with Mexico. Then some Texans wanted to revolt while others wanted asked to make Texas a separate Mexican state. After they threw Austin in jail for planning a revolt, though he only went to talk to the Mexican government, the Texans revolted. Then there was a big battle at the Alamo and all of the Texans died. This caused the other Texans to rise from the fall and once again fight! Then Texas declared independence and after a while, they wanted to become a part of the United States. This made Mexico upset. But the united state still annexed Texas.
6. Oregon territory [1846]The Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains and four nations Claimed Oregon. Spain was the first to drop, but a few later in 1825 Russia agreed to limits is claim to the territory that lay north of the 54˚40’ parallel of latitude. Many American settlers liked the Oregon land and used the Oregon Trail, so Oregon was of great use to the untied states. When Polk ran for president he used the slogan “all of Oregon or none!” but in the end, we neither got half or none of Oregon, Polk didn’t want Oregon enough to risk war with Great Britain, so they agreed to a compromise treaty that divided Oregon roughly in half at the 49th parallel.
7. Mexican cession [1848]When America annexed Texas, Mexico and the U.S. relationship got a little rough. When the Mexicans and Americans could not agree on a border for Texas, the Mexican shot Americans patrolling the Rio Grande and both places considered that an act of war. During the war between Mexico and the United States, a group of Americans led by explorer John C. Fremont launched a rebellion against the Mexican rule in California. The Americans were able to capture and arrest General Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo the Mexican commander of Northern California. The Americans were able to fight their way through Mexico to the capital, Mexico City. But despite the resistance they went through, the Americans captured Mexico City in 1847. Then in 1848 Mexico and the United States signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo agreeing to give up Texas and an immense amount of land known as the Mexican cession. In the agreement the United States agreed to protect the Mexicans living in the newly obtained states.
A few years later in 1853 James Gadsden arranged the purchase of a strip of land just south of the Mexican cession for railroad builders because the land was considered a good place for railroads. This was called the Gadsden Purchase. Another thing to know was that the six cadets that died fighting for Mexico are known as Los Niños Héroes or as the heroic children they’d rather die fighting than surrender.
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