1. Examining Maps:
What three major territories are represented on the map (shown in color on the map key)? Map 1
What area of Texas was part of the Louisiana Purchase? Map 1
What rivers form the boundary of Texas in the Adams-Onis Treaty? Map 1 and 3
Critical Thinking:
What action did the U.S. government take to find more information about the territory in the Louisiana Purchase? Map 5
Why do you think part of the Adams-Onis Treaty line followed rivers? Map 3 and 4
The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803 and the Adams-Onis Treaty in Now look at the “Disputed Territory” in Map 2. Why do you think they called it that? What was being disputed? Who was in the dispute?
The number of states in the U.S is different in Maps 1 and 2 compared to Maps 3 and 4, What is the difference? What does this tell you about the population of the United States? What kind of demographic shift is occurring?

2. The Louisiana Purchase and the Adams Onis Treaty1

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The U.S. after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803

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5. After the Adams-Onis Treaty of 18194
After the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819

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