How the USA Got Its Shape: The Story of American Borders #shorts #geography #map #education

🌍 Ever wondered how the USA ended up looking the way it does on a map? 🗺️ It all started with the original 13 colonies on the East Coast. 🏴‍☠️ After gaining independence from Britain in 1776, the United States began to expand westward. 🌅 One of the biggest moments was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, when the U.S. bought a massive chunk of land from France, doubling its size overnight! 🇫🇷 That territory stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, 🏞️ paving the way for new states like Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas. Next up was Texas. 🐂 Shortly after, the U.S. gained even more land from Mexico following the Mexican-American War, 🇲🇽 adding present-day states like California, Arizona, and New Mexico to the map. 🌵 Finally, the U.S. added Alaska from Russia in 1867 🐻‍❄️ and Hawaii 🌺 in 1959, completing the 50 states we know today! 🇺🇸

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[Mrcheese]

other countries: we fought for our land.
USA: We bought our land 😎

[kipperhare]

Alaska was purchased by the US as a territory but did not become a state until 1959, hawaii was annexed also

[BearsBoiSBA]

People make fun of France but no one wonders how the USA became independent

[Texan]

That American flag gave me a nauseous response

[elginlee]

The florida purchase and oregano treaty:what am I a roach?

[alderlopezcastro]

I like to say that "We walked, We bought, and We fought

[carsonmeyers]

oregon, florida, and gasden left the chat

[DJKBK]

But pearl harbor happened before 1959 wth

[Mario_Sonic_Kirby_Editor]

Oregon Treaty and Hawaii left the chat:

[JamesMorlan-tvfr]

You forgot colorado utah and nevada they were part of mexico

[dhruvrajmendram]

Fun fact: Liechtenstein almost bought Alaska before the US finalized a deal with Russia to buy Alaska

[francismjPayet]

51 states You forgot porto Rico.😊😊😊😂😂😂

[OmegaSpideyTheLast]

Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands: 🤡🤡🤡

[HasanBaqer]

*The Florida Purchase and the civil war and the Oregon Treaty left the chat*

[DeadlyCB]

imagine sleeping french then waking up american

[Leonp_]

I learned more from here than my History teacher 💀

[iamsiley]

So, this video has a lot of inaccuracies.
First of all, that's not what the Louisiana Purchase looked like. Google what it actually looked like if you want.
Texas also had more parts of the Western US, going all the way up to Wyoming
And Hawaii was acquired in 1898, and made a state in 1959. Alaska was made a state also in 1959, so it's weird you counted Alaska in 1857 and Hawaii in 1959

[michaelcabrillas]

The United States purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million in 1898. But Philippines gained its independence from United States in July 4th 1946 😁

[pepanovakno]

litteraly saw video about this 3 shorts up

[Ur_LocalIncrediboxFan]

I love how he talks abt the lousiana purchase but then says it made states like *insert stuff that isn’t lousiana* 🙃