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Preparation for the state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test: US expansion 1789-1959
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US after becoming an independent nation
- acquired the lands between
- the Appalachian Mountains
- Mississippi River
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Organization of new territories between
- claims of existing states (former 13 colonies)
- federal territories created by Congress
- especially the Northwest Territory
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Territorial growth & Mexican-American War, 1820-1860[edit | edit source]
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Louisiana Purchase, 1803
- bought from France
- (which took it a few years before from Spain)
- doubles the size the country
- expands US lands:
- west of the Mississippi
- north of Spanish territories
- (Mexico gains independence from Spain in 1821)
- the Louisiana Purchase leads to further western expansion by Americans
- including into Spanish territories (modern Texas)
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Mexican Texas, 1827-1836 & Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- US settlers pushed into Spanish / Mexican lands and gained independence from Mexico
- notes on Texas (not important for the Virginia SOL)
- American and Spanish settlers in Texas gained independence from Spain in 1821
- creating, "Mexican Texas," a part of Mexico from 1821-1836
- in 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico
- and became an independent country, the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846
- Texas was "annexed" (taken by) the US in 1845 and became a US state in 1846
- these events were significant to the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
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Slavery in the 13 American colonies prior to the American Revolution
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See this animated map timeline for expansion of slavery from colonial to Civil War period
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Continental expansion & overseas territories, 1865-1900[edit | edit source]
20th century new states, 1900-1959[edit | edit source]