The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic.
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https://www.history.com/articles/louisiana-purchase
In 1819, after years of negotiations, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams achieved a diplomatic coup with the signing of the Florida Purchase Treaty, which officially put Florida into U.S. hands at no cost beyond the U.S. assumption of some $5 million of claims by U.S. citizens against Spain. Formal U.S. occupation began in 1821....
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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/February-22/the-u-s-acquires-spanish-florida
Emperor Aleksandr II met with his key ministers in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and made the final decision to sell. The tsar wanted to negotiate a price with the Americans, and set $5 million as the lowest acceptable offer. Accordingly, he sent the Russian ambassador to the United States back to Washington with instructions to finalize terms for the deal with Secretary of State William H. Seward. Capitalizing on Seward's great eagerness to purchase Alaska, the Russian government bid up the ultimate price to $7.2 million.
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https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/the-alaska-purchase/
The war—in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious—resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
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The war—in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious—resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War
The Constitution allows Congress to admit "New States ... into this Union." By ratifying the Constitution in 1787-1790, the 13 original states—which declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and initially united under the Articles of Confederation—joined the new federal government. An additional 37 states joined between 1791 (Vermont) and 1959 (Alaska and Hawaii). Each star on the national flag represents one of the 50 states.
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The Constitution allows Congress to admit "New States ... into this Union." By ratifying the Constitution in 1787-1790, the 13 original states—which declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and initially united under the Articles of Confederation—joined the new federal government. An additional 37 states joined between 1791 (Vermont) and 1959 (Alaska and Hawaii). Each star on the national flag represents one of the 50 states.
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Hopefully, the government never declares eminent domain on Billie's property.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this post could also be dedicated to Trevor Noah, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and many others.
Bruce Springsteen usually comes to mind with relevance.
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