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  2. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of the United States. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.

  3. Mexican–American War - Wikipedia

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    The MexicanAmerican War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because it refused to recognize ...

  4. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

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    Following are the historical territorial acquisitions of the United States: Accession. Date. Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars. Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal ...

  5. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of North America of non- native nation states from 1750 to 2008. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War and by Canadians as the Seven Years' War / Guerre de Sept Ans, or by French-Canadians, La Guerre de la Conquête. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain ...

  6. Mexican Cession - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Cession (Spanish: Cesión mexicana) is the region in the modern-day western United States that Mexico previously controlled, then ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the MexicanAmerican War. This region had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande that had been claimed by the ...

  7. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization ...

  8. United States and Mexican Boundary Survey - Wikipedia

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    The United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848–1855) determined the border between the United States and Mexico as defined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which had ended the MexicanAmerican War. In 1850, the U.S. government commissioned John Russel Bartlett to lead the survey. [1] The results of the survey were published in the ...

  9. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo[a] officially ended the MexicanAmerican War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo. After the defeat of its army and the fall of the capital in September 1847, Mexico entered into peace negotiations with the U.S. envoy, Nicholas Trist. The resulting treaty required ...