Map Activity: Westward Expansion
Your task: You must color in and label the United States map during the Westward Expansion according
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Color in the original thirteen colonies red. (1787)
Color in the land acquired by the England in the Treaty of 1783 blue. (1783)
Color in the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase green. (1803)
Color in Oregon Country brown. (1846)
Color in the Texas Annexation purple. (1848)
Color in the Mexican Cessation yellow.
Color in Florida, the land acquired from France pink (1819)
Color in the Gadsden Purchase orange (1853)
Create a key in the box to show the different colors you used.
Questions and Analysis: (Answer questions on a separate sheet of paper if you need additional
room)
1. How was Texas added to the United States?
2. What is a cessation? Explain the Mexico Cessation.
3. What does manifest destiny mean?