Talk:United States territorial acquisitions
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Should Cuba, GTMO, West Germany (and West Berlin) be included here? -- Error 02:15, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I think they could be mentioned on a page mentioning territorial acquisitions which are no longer part of the U.S. Additional ones would be The Phillipines, the Panama Canal Zone, Okinawa...
There also is no mention on this page of the territorial acquisition of northern Maine, which historically has been included in textbooks concerning the growth of the U.S. I think it should be added.--Firsfron 06:34, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Help request
I'm working on a page which explains the western land claims surrended by the original Thirteen Colonies in the early years of the American republic. As I've researched, it's become clear to me that there would be no better way to do this than to have a map. Is there anyone out there who knows how to do this, has software which is helpful, digs cartography or knows where I can find a public domain version of this material? I've found several examples on the web. My vomit draft of the page--did I mention it was a vomit draft?--is at User:Jengod/State_cessions. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
- State claims 1 (http://www.geog.umn.edu/faculty/squires/courses/5361/Lectures/Private_Land_Ownership/state_claims.JPG)
- State claims 2 (http://www.utep.edu/kc3312/clymer/images/big17.jpg)
- State claims 3 (http://media.maps101.com/SUB/HGIFS/USAH052-H.gif)
- State claims 4 (http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/31/32716/figures/DIVI118.jpg)
- State claims 5 (http://www.oldmilford.com/images/westernclaims-big.jpg)
- State claims 6 (http://www.ohwy.com/history%20pictures/maps/land-claims.jpg)
Causes of the Mexican American War
It is true that Santa Anna said that the annexation of Texas would be the same as declaring war. BUT the annexation of Texas was NOT the cause of the Mexican-American War. It was a dispute concerning the borders of the new state of Texas that caused it. According to the Mexicans it was the Nueces River, according to the Americans it was the Rio Grande (south of Nueces). When the American army moved south into what Mexicans considered their territory, they attacked them. This event sparked the Mexican-American War.