How did each of the 7 major land acquisitions become part of the United States?

Question:The Seven Major Land Acquisitions

Louisiana Purchase of 1803
British Cession of 1818
Florida Cession of 1819
Texas Annexation of 1845
Oregon Country Treaty of 1846
Mexican Cession of 1848
Gadsen Purchase of 1853

(It should show how the U.S. achieved its expansion goals under the belief of Manifest Destiny) .

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Seven Major Land Acquisitions

Louisiana Purchase of 1803
British Cession of 1818
Florida Cession of 1819
Texas Annexation of 1845
Oregon Country Treaty of 1846
Mexican Cession of 1848
Gadsen Purchase of 1853

(It should show how the U.S. achieved its expansion goals under the belief of Manifest Destiny) .

1. The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane) was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 km2) of French territory ("Louisiana") in 1803. The cost was 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000). Including interest, the U.S. finally paid $23,213,568 for the Louisiana territory.

2. The Louisiana Purchase extended into Canada, but did not include a piece of land near the Lake of the Woods. With the Convention of 1818, the United States and England decided to create a border at the 49th Parallel. In addition, they agreed to share the Oregon Country.

3. Florida covers 58,599 sq mi (151,771 sq km); its capital is Tallahassee. The area reverted to Spanish control after the American Revolution (1783) but was used by the British as a base of operations during the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson's capture of Pensacola during the First Seminole War (see Seminole Wars) led to the cession of Florida to the U.S.

4. The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States of America as Texas, the 28th state. The new state of Texas included all of present-day Texas, plus portions of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado.

5. The Oregon Treaty, officially known as the Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, Buchanan-Packenham Treaty and also known as the Treaty of Washington, is a bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846 in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country, which had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.

6. The Mexican Cession is a historical name for the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American War. The treaty was signed on 2 February 1848, ratified by the U.S. Senate on 10 March 1848, and by the Mexican government on 19 May 1848.

7. The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla in Mexico) is a 29,670 square miles (76,845 km2) region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million. The initial purchase treaty was signed in Mexico in 1853, but a very different treaty was finally ratified by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Franklin Pierce on June 24, 1854.

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