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| | |US after becoming an independent nation | ||
* acquired the lands between | |||
** the Appalachian Mountains | |||
** Mississippi River | |||
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|[[File:1789-1808 United States 1789-08-1790.png|alt=|border|none|thumb]] | |[[File:1789-1808 United States 1789-08-1790.png|alt=|border|none|thumb]] | ||
| | |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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| | |[[File:1770 Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|none|thumb|Slavery in American colonies as of 1770]] | ||
| | |Slavery in the 13 American colonies prior to the American Revolution | ||
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|[[File:1789-1861 US Slave Free 1789-1861 animated) wiki.gif|none|thumb|Animated map timeline of the expansion of slavery]] | |||
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|[[File:1850 US 1850 free-slave-states-map-of-usa.jpg|thumb|Distribution of free and slave states, 1850]] | |||
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