This follows VA SOL USI.8a

1. WESTWARD EXPANSION
USI.8A
New Territories Added to the United States

2. OF THE UNITED
STATES
a) A political Map shows the boundaries of
countries and/or states
b) This is the political map of the United States in
1790. It shows the Mississippi River as the
farthest western boundary.
c) From 1801-1861 new territories were added to
the US, changing the political map.

3. II. THE NEW
FRONTIER
a) Eventually, people wanted to settle new lands.
They felt the nation needed more space.
b) After 1800, pioneers began traveling beyond the
Mississippi River.
c) Pioneers-people who explore and settle new
areas

4. III. LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
a) Thomas Jefferson
bought land from
France to double the
size of the USA.
b) He hired Lewis &
Clark to explore from
the Mississippi River
to the Pacific Coast.
c) They brought back
maps and
descriptions of
people and wildlife
that they saw.

5. IV.
FLORIDA
a) While James Monroe
was president, there
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b) In 1819, Spain gave
ownership of Florida
to the United States
in the Florida
Treaty.

6. V. TEXAS
a) American settlers in
Texas fought Mexico
for their
independence.
b) Texas was an
independent republic
until 1845, when it
joined the United
States.

7. VI. OREGON
TERRITORY
a) Originally shared by
Great Britain and
the US
b) Many American
settlers traveled the
Oregon Trail to live
in this frontier land
c) 1846-Britain gave
full ownership of
Oregon to the US

8. VII.
CALIFORNIA
a) American settlers in
California fought
against Mexican rule
b) After the war with
Mexico, California &
the Southwest
Territory became
part of the US

9. LEAVING THE
COUNTRY

10. LEAVING THE
COUNTRY