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cotton gin invention
the inventor was Eli whitney, it was a machine that produced cotton by speeding up the process, cotton had become america's leading export -
xyx affirs
during this time there were political and diplomatic disagreements and since nobody could come up with a solution this lead to the Quasi-War. -
lousiana purchase
paid $15 million dollars, 828,000,000 square miles of territory, 15 states were made, one of thomas jefferson's geatest accomplisrhmesnt -
Adams-Onis Treaty
this treaty was when florida was bought and also when united states and spain were dividng the land equally -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention -
Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
125,000 native american’s lived on millions of acres of land in georgia, tennessee, alabama, north carolina, and in florida all for many generations at the very end only a couple of native americans -
the battle of the alamo
a group of texan soldiers had used all the alamo, they had held against santa anna’s army, the commander had sent people to go get pleas from the communities from texas. -
texas claimes independance
texas declared their freedom from mexico, having to sign the document it made “liberty” “life’, and “ property of the citizen” -
trail of tears
1.in the beginning many people have already settled and many of the native americans have lost their land and the white settlers have made them work and had to go on the trail. -
Texas annexed to U.S
The Spanish were the first to colonize the states that today make up the American southwest, brought people to make the new settlement -
mexican-american war
mexico was unprepared for the war so that lead to because the lead that america had with the oil and the military -
agreement of the 49th parrell
united states and britain were signing a treaty for the border then later on they all agreed with the 49th parallel -
treaty of guadalupe Hidalg
it was a peace treaty, when signed it ended the mexican-american war, The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, -
californa becomes a state
california was the 31st state to be pronounced and has been been part of the us for 2 years already before -
Gadsden Purchase
it was an agreement from united states and mexico and lead to united states paying mexico $10 million dollars for 29,670 square miles for land -
Kansas-Nebraska Ac
it was passed by the u.s congress and it was invented so that people from kansas and nebraska could decide for themselves
