1. The Expansion of America and The Roman Empire How the expansion of the United States relates to the expansion of the Roman Empire, and why the U.S. should be cautious with its next purchase. By Pete Krahe and a little by Zack Pelczar

2. The U.S. Expansion

3. The First Expansion 1782 - The U.S. receives land from Britain The land stretches from the Mississippi to the East coast.

4. Louisiana Purchase 1803 - U.S. buys land from France that was called the Louisiana Purchase.

5. We Take A Great State 1819-1820 - U.S. gets Florida

6. Huge Expansion Comes About 1845-1848 - US buys the Oregon Purchase, and takes Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California

7. The Finishing Touches 1867 - U.S. gets Alaska from Canada 1898 - U.S. gets Hawaii The U.S. declare all of their main land states, not territories.

8. The Roman Empire Expansion

9. Huge Expansion By 270 BC the Roman Empire took Almost all of Italy. The Empire is colored in pink.

10. Rome Takes All Of Italy In 220 BC, the Roman Empire controlled all of Italy, including some islands off of its coast.

11. The Punic Wars Carthage tried to take the Roman Empire, but lost the war and surrendered its land in 208 BC

12. A Huge Expansion By 52 BC, the Roman Empire expansion had retrieved almost all of its land, taking Gaul, Hispania, Northern Africa, and some of Asia. Pink and orange.

13. More Africa And Asia By 25 BC, the Roman Empire controlled a large portion of the northern coast of Africa, and lots of Asia Minor. Pink and orange again.

14. The Greatest Extent The Roman Empire’s final expansion occurred by conquering east of Greace, Britain, and taking complete control of all its land. Pink

15. Similar Footsteps The immigrants that came into the Roman Empire factored towards the decline, similar to our country.