which state was purchased from mexico in 1819?
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Florida\n\nThe Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 (formally titled the Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits Between the United States of America and His Catholic Majesty, and also known as the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, and sometimes the Florida Purchase Treaty) was a historic agreement between the United States and Spain that settled a border dispute in North America between the two nations. The treaty was the result of increasing tensions between the U.S. and Spain regarding territorial rights at a time of weakened Spanish power in the New World. In addition to granting Florida to the United States, the treaty settled a boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Texas and firmly established the boundary of U.S. territory to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It also had the effect of ending the first and paving the way for the second of the Seminole Wars in Florida.
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USA.. Mexican-American War.\n\nFrance....funny.
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Mexico, which had never recognized Texas's independence, claimed the Nueces River — about 150 miles (240 km) north of the Rio Grande — as the border between Texas and Mexico. The United States, however, upheld Texas' claim to the land between the Nueces and the Rio Grande. The boundary claimed by Texas was established by the defunct 1836 Treaty of Velasco that ended the Texas Revolution. Mexico argued that General Santa Anna signed the treaty under duress when he was held captive by the Texans, so it was invalid. Moreover, the Mexicans argued, Santa Anna had no authority to negotiate or sign a treaty, and the treaties were never ratified by the Mexican government. In 1846, after Texas was admitted into the Union, Polk sent troops under General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande to protect Texas from a threatened Mexican invasion (Bauer; 6, 17-18).\n\nTaylor ignored Mexican demands to withdraw to the Nueces and began constructing a make-shift fort (later known as Fort Brown) on the banks of the Rio Grande opposite the Mexican town of Matamoros. Mexican forces under General Mariano Arista prepared for war.\n\nOn April 24, 1846, a 2,000-strong Mexican cavalry detachment attacked a 63-man U.S. patrol that was sent into the contested territory north of the Rio Grande and south of the Nueces River. The Mexican cavalry succeeded in routing the patrol, killing 11 U.S. soldiers in what later became known as the Thornton Affair, after the slain U.S. officer who was in command. A few survivors escaped and returned to Fort Brown.\n\nOn May 3, Mexican artillery at Matamoros opened fire on Fort Brown, which replied with its own guns. The bombardment continued for five days and expanded as the Mexican forces gradually surrounded the fort. Two U.S. soldiers were killed during the bombardment, including Jacob Brown, after whom the fort was later named.
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they did sell it, right after the mexican american war "Surveys consistently show 70% of Mexican citizens believe the U.S. stole the Mexican Cession illegally, when in fact the U.S. bought the land for $18 million after the Mexican-American War."  ( http://www.noinvaders.org/home.shtml  scroll down to "this is mexico we are taking over" )  and 18 million back then was still a dirt cheap price for the amount of land the US got.
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When in time did the state want to be admitted to the Union.  Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state as part of the Compromise of 1820.  As part of the compromise, states north of the Missouri line were free states while state south of the line were slave states. \n\nIn 1848, the US won a war with Mexico and expanded territories West.  California wanted to be admitted to the Union as a slave state at this time.  So Congress constructed the Compromise of 1850 which allowed the annexed territories from Mexico to self-determine their status, except for California which was admitted as a free state.
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Alaska was 'bought' by the US, from Russia, I guess for less than $7.2 million.And that was way back in 1867 !!\n\nI guess the http links pasted here are not working....try out Yahoo search or Google
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The Mexican-American war brought California into the U.S.
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Not in a long time. The closest border town Laredo Texas/ Nuevo Laredo Mexico is having some kind of war between druglords and the feds, sounds too risky to put yourself in between all that. Not worth it for the time being.\nOr so the newspaper and news say.\nBesides if you want something from Mexico you can find it at Flea Markets or local grocery stores. Depends on what you are looking for.
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I'm having a hard time following the premise of your question.\n\nYou state..."It was Mexico that made the deal to sell off the southern states."\n\nThis is historically unfounded. The American states of the Deep South (Mississippi, Alabama, etc.) were all a part of the original territories of the United States, formed before Mexico achieved independence.\n\nOther Southern states like Louisianna and Arkansas, etc, were carved from the Louisianna Purchase which was negotiated between the US and France.\n\nThe state of Texas achieved independence as a result of war with Mexico. (Again, Mexico "sold" nothing). And the states of the American Southwest were taken from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. (Mexico didn't "sell" them).\n\nThe only portion "sold" to the US was a tiny sliver of land in southern Arizona, known as the Gadsden Purchase. \n\nThese things being the case -- can you clarify you point, please?
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No, you cannot own property in Mexico unless you are a citizen.  Too bad the US didn't think of that 100 years ago, then the Saudis would not own our counrty.
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1700?  It was still part of Mexico\n\n1900?  It was part if the U.S.\n\nGoogle Texas...
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It was 1867 at the time of the purchase, one backed by then Secretary of State William Seward.  Russia was afraid the British would battle for the land and simply take it, and they were having financial troubles, so selling it to anyone was preferable.\n\nIt was a decision initially derided in the U.S., and Seward was ridiculed... the purchase was refered to as "Seward's folly".  Of course the land turned out to be oil-rich and exceedingly strategic in later years, but the Russians had no way of knowing that back then... and to be fair, neither did the U.S.  But it worked out well for the U.S., of course, in the long run.
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my home state. Ohio 1803
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Idaho, i think. his cousins are from Mexico though.
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you'll get more info at\n\nThe U.S.-Mexican War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\nhttp://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/wars_end_guadalupe.html\n\nTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo
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You can either go to mexico or buy it at ebay\n\n  Y Soy Rebelde
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New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana\n\nThat would be 4\n\nOf course, if you counted Mexican states the total is 8\n\nChihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas