FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Florida became part of the U.S.
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Louisiana was purchased for $15 million.
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The Sabine River became the eastern boundary of Texas
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Texas remains part of New Spain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Out of this empire were carved in their entirety the states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; in addition, the area included most of the land in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Minnesota.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Federalists opposed the purchase for several reasons, chief among them the likelihood that new slave states would enter the Union from the southern parts of the territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent to the Senate a treaty purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France. The Senate approved the treaty for ratification on October 20, 1803. The territory, which encompassed more than 800, 000 square miles of land, now makes up fifteen states stretching from Louisiana to Montana.