... not the largest, land transaction in history. Indeed, this territorial acquisition nearly doubled the size of the USA- it grew by about one million square miles, from the Mississippi to the Rockies, and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. It came about as a result of a concern ... as their only rival for control of the Pacific coast. For instance, by the mid 1840's, rumours about Great Britain plotting with Mexico to prevent Washington from annexing the Texas Republic gradually arose. So, US expansionism took a greater sense of urgency, and Democrat James K. Polk, elected on a ... being a ...

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... figure in the revolutionary generation, the West was America's future. In 1803, Jefferson bought Louisiana from France for $15 million dollars and doubled the size of America by 828,000 square miles. Fear of the potential threat that the French posed while living in the United States, also wanting the port at New Orleans, and wanting the fertile land that Louisiana ... forced to give up their land but so were Mexicans who inhabited much of the southwest. In 1836, Texas declared that they were an independent republic, and the politicians in Washington feared that Britain was teaming up w...

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... Fur Company extended its operations from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, it encountered stiff competition from the Hudson's Bay Company. Governor Cass persuaded some administration officials in Washington to use their power granted under the 1822 Indian affairs act to allow Astor's traders to barter small quantities of whiskey among some northern Chippewa's. The governor was asked to ... and the fur trade industry that he was able to pioneer. The remainder of his worth was linked most notably to real-estate, most of which now known as Times Square in New York City. If one is to ...

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