美国领土扩张---Territorial-Expansion-of-America.pptVIP

Territorial Expansion of the U.S. The continental United States stretches 4,500 km. from the Atlantic Ocean on the west. It borders Canada on the north and reaches south to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. 9 The United States lies in North America with two youngest states----Alaska on the northwest tip of the continent and Hawaii in the central Pacific. Atlantic Ocean on the west borders Canada on the north Gulf of Mexico Pacific Ocean on the east 1803,The U.S payed 15,000,000 dollars for French to buy the Louisiana Purchase. 1810,The U.S occupied the western Florida where belongs to Spain by force. 1818,The U.S invaded eastern Florida by army； 1819,The U.S bought eastren Florida in force by paying 5 million. 1846,The U.S forced Britan give up the Oregon in northwest area. The plain from Mississippi to Rocky Mountains .This purchase doubled the area of the country and was the largest estate deal in US history. 1846～1848，on the pretext of boundary disputes（边界纠纷），TheU.S. launched the aggressive war to Mexico. After winning the war, the U.S. got all the territory in the north of Grande River. 1853，on the pretext of southern railway construction, the U.S. bought the Sheila river basin of southern Arizona .(以亚利桑那州南部希拉河流域) 1876， the U.S. bought Alaska and Aleutian islands from Russia.(阿拉斯加和阿留申群岛) 这片辽阔的土地，超过了法、德两国面积总和，包括了今天的加里福尼亚，内华达、亚利桑那、新墨西哥四州以及科罗拉多和怀俄明州的一部分。 1803 1819 1810 1846 1846-1848 1853 1810 1819 1846 1803 1853 1846-1848