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Westward Expansion

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show Great Britain owned the 13 colonies.  
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show The United States got the 13 colonies by going to war with Great Britain, known as the American Revolution, and then officially getting the land from the Treaty of Paris in 1783.  
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Who previously owned the Great Lakes Region and Ohio River Valley?   show
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How did the United States obtain the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio River Valley?   show
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Who owned the Louisiana Purchase before America?   show
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show Napoleon sold the land to the United States for about $15 million dollars.  
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show Spain had previously owned it.  
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show Native Americans were coming in from Florida and attacking American settlements, so General Andrew Jackson went into Florida which Spain owned. The US paid $5 million dollars to Spain to say sorry and they also bought Florida from Spain.  
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show Both America and Great Britain jointly owned it.  
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How did America obtain the Red River Basin.   show
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Who had previously owned the Texas land known as the Texas Annexation?   show
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show America obtained the land after Texas separated from Mexico and America let Texas be apart of the United States of America after 9 years of questioning it.  
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show It took so long because the United States didn't want Texas to bring war with them.  
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show Mexico still had thought Texas belonged to they thought that America was stealing part of their country so they started the American - Mexican War.  
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show Mexico owned it.  
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show We bought it from mexico for about $10 million dollars.  
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show Mexico owned it.  
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show We paid $15 million dollars and signed the Gadsden Treaty.  
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Who owned the Oregon Territory?   show
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How did we get the Oregon Treaty?   show
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