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Show CHART I. ggma TERRITORY OF THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATES ^ nM State cessions to the United States Bggag North Carolina cession to the United States 1790 MSB United States cession to Tennessee, 1806 and 1846 S|||| j The Original Thirteen States ( present area) plus the District of liiiil Columbia TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS ( Annexation of Texas, 1845) United States purchase from Texas 1850 State of Texas ( present area) OTHER ACQUISITIONS BY THE UNITED STATES Louisiana purchase from France 1803 Basin of the Red River of the North Treaty with Spain ( cession of Florida and adjustment of claims) 1819 Oregon Compromise with Great Britain 1846 Cession from Mexico 1848 Gadsden Purchase from Mexico 1853 * « . *^ ^ % ALASKA Purchased from Russia March 30, 1867 |