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Territory
This was the Louisiana Purchase that happened in 1803.
Mexican Cession (i.e. Texas)
Texas did.
The three major land gains of Manifest Destiny were the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States, the annexation of Texas, which added a large territory to the southwest, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which acquired significant territory in the Southwest from Mexico.
The Mexican Cession was divided into New Mexico Territory, and Utah Territory.
Territory
The most important outcome of the Seven Years War was France's cession to Spain of Louisiana. Spain lost control of Florida to Great Britain but received part of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi River from the French.
This was the Louisiana Purchase that happened in 1803.
"Admission." States are admitted to the Union. Territories can be annexed (e.g. Hawai'i Territory) or purchased (e.g. Louisiana Territory) or ceded (e.g. Mexican Cession).
The word "cession" is a noun. It refers to the act of giving up or surrendering something, usually territory or rights.
purchase,annexation,and cession
Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819- US assumed $5 million in claims against Spain in exchange for Florida), Mexican cession (1848- purchased under duress after winning the Mexican War.), Gadsden Purchase (1854), Alaska (1865) and Virgin Islands (1917).
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alot of people would argue and say that it was the Louisiana Purchase, but it was actually the Mexican Cession. Addition: This is the problem when people randomly answer questions. The Mexican Cession was just over half a million square millions. The Louisiana Purchase was over 800,000 square miles. Maybe the original person who wrote this was thinking square km since the Mexican Cession is larger if one places it in KM and the Louisiana Purchase in square miles. However, if you convert one, you have to convert the other and that means the latter would still be larger.
The United States has extended its territory through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, the Oregon Treaty of 1846, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 following the Mexican-American War.
Mexican Cession (i.e. Texas)