Growth of the
United States
Label the Original Thirteen Colonies
Delaware 1787
South Carolina 1788
Pennsylvania 1787
New Hampshire
1788
New Jersey 1787
Virginia 1788
Georgia 1788
New York 1788
Connecticut 1788
Massachusetts 1788 North Carolina 1789
Rhode Island 1790
Maryland 1788
Color the Original Thirteen Colonies Red
Territory of the Thirteen Colonies
• Treaty of Paris 1783
– Ended the American Revolution
– This treaty recognized US independence from
Great Britain
– This same treaty set the boundaries of this
new nation from Canada to the Florida border
and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi
River
Territory of the Thirteen Colonies
• Vermont 1791
• West Virginia 1863
• Alabama 1819
• Mississippi 1817
• Tennessee 1796
• Kentucky 1792
• Ohio 1803
• Indiana 1816
• Illinois 1818
• Michigan 1837
• Wisconsin 1848
Label and color the above states Orange
Louisiana Purchase 1803
• Napoleon Bonaparte of France persuaded Spain
to give back the LA area
• Napoleon then sells this area to Jefferson
because he needs money to finance his war and
his hopes of an American Empire had
diminished
• Napoleon sells the Louisiana Purchase to the
United States for $15 million and this alone more
than doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Minnesota 1858
Iowa 1846
Missouri 1821
Arkansas 1836
Louisiana 1812
Oklahoma 1907
Kansas 1861
Nebraska 1867
South Dakota 1889
North Dakota 1889
Montana 1889
Wyoming 1890
Colorado 1876
Label and color the above states Yellow
Purchase of Florida 1819
• Spain was suffering serious internal problems and their
territories in the Americas was on the verge of revolution.
• Spanish foreign minister Onis signed a treaty with
Quincy Adams.
• The United States would pay up to $5 million to Spain's
citizens and Florida would be ceded to the United States.
• The United States then ceded its claims to Texas west of
the Sabine River.
• In addition, Spain ceded its claims to their Oregon
Territories.
Purchase of Florida 1819
• Florida 1845
• Label the dotted line
Treaty of 1819
Label and color the state Green
Annexation of Texas 1845
• The Mexican government wanted US settlement in
Texas to help out with the Native Americans.
• They were offered Empresarios, land grants.
• Soon, the tensions mounted between the Texans and the
Mexican government.
• The war for Texas independence lasted from 1835-1836
with a Texan victory.
• The Treaty of Velasco granted independence for Texas.
• Sam Houston became the president of the Republic of
Texas in 1836.
• President Polk favored the annexation of Texas as a
state to the US and it became the 28th state in 1845.
Annexation of Texas 1845
• Texas 1845
• New Mexico 1912
Label and color the above states Blue
Acquisition of the Oregon Territory
1846
• In 1818, Britain and US agreed to a joint occupation of
this territory.
• The British settlers were fur traders and the decline of fur
trades prompted the British to do something with the
loss.
• President Polk, “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight,” determined to
get this area he was willing to wage war against Britain.
• Britain didn’t want to hurt relations with the US and/or
their trading partner.
• They gave up their territorial claims to Oregon and the
boundary was set at the 49th parallel.
Acquisition of Oregon Territory
1846
• Washington 1889
• Oregon 1859
• Idaho 1890
Label and color the above states Purple
Mexican Cession 1848
• Mexico wanted Texas back and the US wanted California.
They would go to war with one another
• The War with Mexico would last from 1845-1848. Mexico
was unwilling to give and so was true for the US.
• In 1848, Mexico finally surrendered because they had
suffered many causalities.
• They signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
• Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande Border for Texas and
ceded New Mexico and California to the US.
• The US agreed to pay $15 million for the Mexican
Cession which includes present day California, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of
Colorado and Wyoming.
Mexican Cession 1848
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California 1850
Nevada 1864
Utah 1896
Arizona 1912
Label and color the above states Pink
Gadsden Purchase 1853
• Five years later, President Franklin Pierce
would authorize the Gadsden Purchase.
• The US would pay $10 million for another
piece of land south of the Gila River.
• This would also establish the current
border of the lower 48 states.
• Color and label the piece below Arizona
Grey.