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klgfh | 20:16 Tue 14th Mar 2006 | History
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What was the last expansion of the US in 1853 called?
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Gadsden Purchase (south Arizona and New Mexico)
I wouldn't have thought this was the last expansion of the USA if you take into account Alaska. Was the annexation of Hawaii after this date ? Not too sure about American Samoa, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands either. Does anyone have any exact details ?
the 1853 purchase basically took the mainland USA to the size it remained for more than a century - about half the period over which it has been an independent country - until Alaska and Hawaii became states.
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Florida was called la Florida - 'Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de Le�n in 1513. Sometime between April 2 and April 8, Ponce de Le�n waded ashore on the northeast coast of Florida, possibly near present-day St. Augustine. He called the area la Florida, in honor of Pascua florida ("feast of the flowers"), Spain�s Eastertime celebration. Other Europeans may have reached Florida earlier, but no firm evidence of such achievement has been found'.


Extract from http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/history/summary/ if you have few days spare to browse.

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