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+|[[File:1803 United States 1803-04-1804-03.png|thumb|1803: showing the Louisiana Purchase, territories West of the Mississippi and north of Mexican lands]]
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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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+|[[File:1828 United States 1828-1834.png|none|thumb|1827 showing the Republic of Texas and reorganization of the Louisiana Purchase lands into US territories ]]
+|'''Mexican Texas, 1827'''
+* 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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