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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'''
|'''Louisiana Purchase, 1803'''
* bought from France  
* bought from France  
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** including into Spanish territories (modern Texas)
** including into Spanish territories (modern Texas)
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|[[File:1828 United States 1828-1834.png|border|left|thumb|1828: showing re-organization of the Louisiana territory and Mexican lands]]
|[[File:1828 United States 1828-1834.png|thumb|1828: showing re-organization of the Louisiana territory and Mexican lands|alt=|none]][[File:1836 United States 1836-06-1836-07.png|none|thumb|1836: Texas Republic (independence from Mexico)]][[File:1837 United States 1837-03-1838.png|none|thumb|1837: Texas expands territory into Mexico]]
|'''Mexican Texas, 1827-1836 & Republic of Texas, 1836-1846'''
|'''Mexican Texas, 1827-1836 & Republic of Texas, 1836-1846'''
* US settlers pushed into Spanish / Mexican lands and gained independence from Mexico
* US settlers pushed into Spanish / Mexican lands and gained independence from Mexico
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** these events were significant to the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
** these events were significant to the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
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|Mexican-American War, 1848[[File:1848 United States 1848-05-1848-08.png|none|thumb|1848: US after Mexican-American War  ]][[File:1849 United States 1849-1850.png|none|thumb|1849: Reorganization of territories seized from Mexico (Texas, now a state, is reduced in size)]]
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