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- Doubling The U.S.A
- The Louisiana Purchase
- 1803
- what a great deal!
- "Removing The Savages"
- 1830-1838
- You must leave now, we gave you a 2 year warning
- Remember the Alamo!!!
- 1836
- This event is significant to white settlers because it provided them double the land they already had for 15 million dollars. It was significant to the French because it provides them with the money they need to pay for recent wars with Great Britain.
- War with Mexico
- This event is significant to the five civilized tribes because they got pushed out of their homeland. It was significant to white settlers because they could finish their coast-to-coast expansion and finish Manifest Destiny.
- Oregon Territory
- The Coordinates are now 49'40
- This event is significant to Tejanos because they got their independence from the dictatorship of Santa Anna. It was significant to Mexicans because they lost half of the land they had just won back from Spain
- The Buffalo Massacure
- This event is significant to America because they had another state join the United States of America. It was significant to Mexicans because they just lost half of their country and now they are at war with Americans about where the border for the land should be which would eventually lead to war.
- You Stole Texas from me
- 1846-1848
- This event is significant to Americans because they got a chunk of land from Great Britain. It was significant to Great Britain because they had to compromise again with the Americans about where the coordinates for each country should meet at.
- 1846
- This event is significant to “Indians” because they lost their food supply, clothing, and house material from the Americans playing a game about shooting bison. It was significant to the Americans because the point of the game was to kill the Native People’s food supply and drive them away to a place theyhad more food supply and so that they could live peacefully.
- 1890's
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