First of all settlers kept moving west and eventually they made the Native Americans stay west of the Mississippi River. Then the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 which extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Mexico gave Texas to the U.S., we got the Oregan Territory through a treaty with Britain, we got Utah because the Mormon Trail took lots of settlers, we got the Southwest from the Mexican-American War and California from the Gold Rush.
Cuba, Guam and the Philippines.
The US bought the land of the Mississippi valley and west from France that is called the Lousiana Purchase.
The British Cession happened because both New England and the US wanted to acquire more land.
They wanted to own the land.
63 years
The US government created the California Trail
To acquire a piece of public land by living on and cultivating it is called claiming the land.
mexico
most of the present day west (Arizona, California, Nevada, etc) from mexico Lousiana Purchase from france -- all the way to the rockies oregon expansion by polk -- from British
It was part of the Louisiana purchase from France.
Well, Virginia was one of the 13 original colonies, so they didn't have to acquire Virginia.
The US did not acquire it or the land. The US leased the land from the newly established country of Panama, and the US built the canal with Panamanian assistance. Panama does and always has owned the canal.
'Cause they wanted the have more wealth
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In 1846 Britain agreed for the US to take control of the territory
You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.
West Virginia.