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Cite evidence of a negotiation from the America Moves West reading. Answer: Explanation: 1 - 2 sentences explaining how the evidence supports the key concept for this unit. Answer:

Cite evidence of a negotiation from the America Moves West reading. Answer: Explanation: 1 - 2 sentences explaining how the evidence supports the key concept for this unit. Answer:

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Cite evidence of a negotiation from the America Moves West reading. Answer: Explanation: 1 - 2 sentences explaining how the evidence supports the key concept for this unit. Answer:
**Transcription:** --- **Spanish Cession (1819)** - **1821:** Florida had been under Spanish control since 1783, when they regained it by the Treaty of Paris. The area was a base for Seminole Indians who crossed into Georgia and attacked American settlers. - President James Monroe sent General Jackson to protect Americans. During the War of 1812, Jackson chased the Seminoles into Florida and captured Pensacola. He used this as a reason to try to buy Florida. - After five years of negotiation, Spain ceded Florida to the United States for $5 million in 1819. The treaty also established the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana). *Map of 1819 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Texas Annexation (1845)** - **1845:** The Lone Star Republic wanted to be part of the United States. Congress voted to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845. - Problems arose over the boundary between Mexico and Texas. Mexico considered Texas its territory despite the Texas Revolution of 1836. - **Image:** The image shows a map that outlines Texas and its surrounding regions during this period of annexation. *Map of 1845 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Mexican Cession (1848)** - **1848:** After annexing Texas, the U.S. sought all land westward to the Pacific Ocean. President Polk sent representatives to negotiate with Mexico, but when relations worsened, the Mexican-American War broke out over the dispute. - General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican army at Monterrey, and General Winfield Scott captured Mexico City. - In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. It gave the United States New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, and Nevada. The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for these territories. *Map of 1848 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Gadsden Purchase (1853)** - **1853:** This was the last land acquisition. It improved the boundary with Mexico. This land was purchased to allow for the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad. - The United States paid Mexico $10 million for the land, which now makes up southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico. *Map
Transcribed Image Text:**Transcription:** --- **Spanish Cession (1819)** - **1821:** Florida had been under Spanish control since 1783, when they regained it by the Treaty of Paris. The area was a base for Seminole Indians who crossed into Georgia and attacked American settlers. - President James Monroe sent General Jackson to protect Americans. During the War of 1812, Jackson chased the Seminoles into Florida and captured Pensacola. He used this as a reason to try to buy Florida. - After five years of negotiation, Spain ceded Florida to the United States for $5 million in 1819. The treaty also established the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana). *Map of 1819 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Texas Annexation (1845)** - **1845:** The Lone Star Republic wanted to be part of the United States. Congress voted to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845. - Problems arose over the boundary between Mexico and Texas. Mexico considered Texas its territory despite the Texas Revolution of 1836. - **Image:** The image shows a map that outlines Texas and its surrounding regions during this period of annexation. *Map of 1845 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Mexican Cession (1848)** - **1848:** After annexing Texas, the U.S. sought all land westward to the Pacific Ocean. President Polk sent representatives to negotiate with Mexico, but when relations worsened, the Mexican-American War broke out over the dispute. - General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican army at Monterrey, and General Winfield Scott captured Mexico City. - In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. It gave the United States New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, and Nevada. The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for these territories. *Map of 1848 - 1796 Timeline of the Territorial Growth of the United States* --- **Gadsden Purchase (1853)** - **1853:** This was the last land acquisition. It improved the boundary with Mexico. This land was purchased to allow for the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad. - The United States paid Mexico $10 million for the land, which now makes up southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico. *Map
**America Moves West Graphic Organizer** **The United States in 1783** - **Text:** After the American Revolution (1783), the United States received a vast amount of land from Great Britain. This new territory stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Spanish Florida. For the next twenty-year span following the Revolution, no new territory was added. However, from 1803 to 1853 through negotiations and war, America acquired seven new territories. In this era of expansion, early Americans believed it was their "manifest destiny," or their God-given right, to expand from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. **Louisiana Purchase (1803)** - **1800:** France controlled this vast area in the middle of the U.S. from 1699 until 1762, the year it ceded (gave up) the territory to Spain. - **1803:** President Thomas Jefferson wanted New Orleans as a key port in the south and a transportation hub at the end of the Mississippi River. In 1803 he negotiated with France to buy New Orleans and the whole Louisiana Territory (828,000 square miles) for $15 million, which equated to four cents per square acre. The Louisiana Purchase secured a major port in New Orleans and doubled the size of the United States. - **1804-1806:** Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory. They traced the Missouri River to its source in the Rocky Mountains, then followed the Columbia River to the Pacific. - **1805-1807:** Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition sent out by President Thomas Jefferson. The purpose of this expedition was to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory. **Land Above the Louisiana Purchase (1818)** - **1818:** In this era, Britain owned Canada. The British and American governments both claimed land along the boundary between Canada and the Louisiana Territory. Finally, an agreement was negotiated to divide the land. The United States was given a small area just above the Louisiana Territory. In exchange, Britain received a small piece of land farther north in what is now Canada. **Maps:** - **1783 - Shade New Territory:** A map highlighting the U.S. territory acquired in 1783, marked on the eastern region of the map. - **1803 - Shade New Territory:** A map showing the expanded U.S. territory post-Louisiana Purchase
Transcribed Image Text:**America Moves West Graphic Organizer** **The United States in 1783** - **Text:** After the American Revolution (1783), the United States received a vast amount of land from Great Britain. This new territory stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Spanish Florida. For the next twenty-year span following the Revolution, no new territory was added. However, from 1803 to 1853 through negotiations and war, America acquired seven new territories. In this era of expansion, early Americans believed it was their "manifest destiny," or their God-given right, to expand from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. **Louisiana Purchase (1803)** - **1800:** France controlled this vast area in the middle of the U.S. from 1699 until 1762, the year it ceded (gave up) the territory to Spain. - **1803:** President Thomas Jefferson wanted New Orleans as a key port in the south and a transportation hub at the end of the Mississippi River. In 1803 he negotiated with France to buy New Orleans and the whole Louisiana Territory (828,000 square miles) for $15 million, which equated to four cents per square acre. The Louisiana Purchase secured a major port in New Orleans and doubled the size of the United States. - **1804-1806:** Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory. They traced the Missouri River to its source in the Rocky Mountains, then followed the Columbia River to the Pacific. - **1805-1807:** Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition sent out by President Thomas Jefferson. The purpose of this expedition was to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory. **Land Above the Louisiana Purchase (1818)** - **1818:** In this era, Britain owned Canada. The British and American governments both claimed land along the boundary between Canada and the Louisiana Territory. Finally, an agreement was negotiated to divide the land. The United States was given a small area just above the Louisiana Territory. In exchange, Britain received a small piece of land farther north in what is now Canada. **Maps:** - **1783 - Shade New Territory:** A map highlighting the U.S. territory acquired in 1783, marked on the eastern region of the map. - **1803 - Shade New Territory:** A map showing the expanded U.S. territory post-Louisiana Purchase
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