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People born in US territories become citizens of the US. When the US western border stretched from the Mississippi River to the California coast, new Americans born in those territories added to the "citizen population".
Yes. Both were won over the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). After such war, the conquered territories became, besides California, Arizona or Nevada, the two states of New Mexico and Utah.
Nevada is a state you 'tards
The Southern border of Missouri. This parallel was taken as the reference-point for Western territories that wanted to become states. Anywhere North of this line would be free soil.
California became a state before Nevada
yes it did
Territories west of the Mississippi eventually became states.
The two mainland Australian territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, both of which became territories in 1911.
Western territories had limited self-government. When they reached a population of at least 60,000 people, they could draft a constitution. If congress apporved the document, they became a state.
Nevada became a State in 1864 a full 19 years behind Texas.
The Americans wanted to expand their territories and become powerful.