Manifest Destiny Map
Using The Americans p. 10701071, draw in, label, and
color the following:
Original 13 colonies
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
Ceded by Britain (1818)
Florida: Adams-Onís Treaty (1819)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Republic of Texas and Annexation of Texas
Using The Americans p. 263:
use different colors to draw
in the following trails (put the
color below as well).
Oregon Trail
Old Spanish Trail
Mormon Trail
Butterfield Overland Trail
Mexican Cession (1848)
Oregon Territory (1846)
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
Using p. 263: locate,
dot, and label
El Paso
Council Bluffs
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Nauvoo
Fort Hall
Fort Smith
Portland
Santa Fe
Alamo*
Sacramento
San Jacinto*
“And that claim [US entitlement to the Oregon Territory] is by the right of our manifest destiny to
overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development
of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.”
--John O’ Sullivan, 1845
Territory
Year Acquired
Original United States
1783
Louisiana Purchase
1803
British Cession
1818
Florida
1819
Texas
1845
Oregon Country
1846
Mexican Cession
1848
Gadsden Purchase
1853
Previous Owner
A. Britain
B. Spain
C. France
D. Republic of Texas (Formerly Mexico)
E. Compromise with Britain
F. Mexico
Previous Owner
Circumstances of Acquisition
Circumstances of Acquisition
1. US annexed the Lone Star Republic
2. US purchased this land for $10M for proposed transcontinental road
3. US received its independence and all land east of the Mississippi River
4. US compromises with Britain and initially divides the Oregon Territory
5. US and Britain officially set the border of Oregon at the 49th parallel
6. US bought this land to secure use of the Mississippi River
7. US received Florida in the Adams-Onís Treaty
8. US received large portion of land in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo