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- For the America the deal doubled their territory. For the French it got them money they needed for a war.
- We need New Orleans to ship produce though the Mississippi River
- Wait they will sell us all of Louisiana for 15M
- We can buy it from France for 10M
- Deal!
- Americans moved south into what is now Florida and Georgia and killed of Indians who were on the land the bought. Americans killed all of the bison which were the sacred to the Indians, they also killed and forced the, into reservations.
- No i lived here all my life
- This is American territory we bought keep moving
- Texas rebels against Mexico winning independence and the right to own slaves. Mexico lost a large amount of valuable territory.
- America sent troops into disputed territory and declared war on Mexico, the won the war an took California as a prize. Mexico lost territory in Texas and money from the war.
- THIS river is the border
- I'm gonna send troops here so you cant call it your territory !
- THIS MEANS WAR!
- NO It's the other one
- The Americans and the British both claimed the Oregon territory, the British said the had right to the whole thing because they clamed it first. The Americans thought some of the Oregon territory was theirs since it was below the 50-40th parallel.
- Polk says "54-40 or fight!"
- This should be our land it is below the 54-40 parallel
- No, we claimed it first
- American citizens expanded west into native American territory, they killed bison and drove natives from their homes. The natives' bison a food source and sacred to them where hunted to near extinction.
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