UNIT 7 Flashcards
TERRITORY
A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA UNDER CONTROL OF AN INDEPENDENT NATION. IN US HISTORY THAT AREAMAY HAVE BECOME A STATE OR MORE THAN ONE STATE
NAME THE 5 NEW US TERRITORIES DURING 1803-1848
- LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1803
- FLORIDA 1819
- TEXAS 1845
- OREGON 1846
- CALIFORNIA 1848
WHO BROUGHT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE FROM FRANCE THAT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE US
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
WHO EXPLORED THE NEW TERRITORY LOUISIANA PURCHASE ADN CONTINUED TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
LEWIS AND CLARK WHERE ALL MEN WERE CREATED EQUAL
HOW DID THE US ACQUIRE FLORID FROM SPAIN
WITH THE ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
WHAT YEAR DID TEXAS BREAK AWAY FROM MEXICO AND BECAME AN INDDEPENDENT COUNTRY
1836
WHY WAS NEW ORLEANS PART OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE AN IMPORTANT BUY
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WATERWAYS IN AMERICA BY 1800
WHY DID NAPOLEON GIVE UP MOST OF HIS EMPIRE IN THE AMEERICAS
TO FOCUS ON FRANCE HOMELAND AFTER THE FRENCH SLAVES IN WHAT IS NOW HAITI DESTROYED HIS CARRIBEAN ARMY
WHO SAID “FOR YOU HAVE BOUGHT LOUISIANA FOR A SONG”
GENERAL HORATIO GATES
TREATY
A FORMAL WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO STATES OR RULERS
EXPEDITION
A GROUP OF PEOPLE TAKING A JOURNEY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
MISSION
A BUILDING THAT SERVED AS ACHURCH AND SCHOOL WHERE PRIESTS TAUGHT THE AMERICAN INDIANS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND THE EUROPEAN WAYS OF DOING THINGS
WHAT WERE THE 2MAIN GOALS SPAIN CAME TO THE AMERICAS
- TAKE TONS OF GOLD AND SILVER BACK TO SPAIN
- CONVINCE THE AMERICAN INDIANS TO BECOME ROMAN CATHOLIC LIKE SPANIARDS
WHY WAS SPAIN FORCED TO SELL FLORIDA TO THE US
US CONTINUALLY THREATENING SPAIN OVER THAT TERRITORY
WHAT WAS SIGNED BY THE US AND SPAIN THAT MADE A DEAL FOR FLORIDA TO OFFICIALLY BECOME A PART OF THE US TO CLAIM THE OREGON TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
