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All right! I guess I'll do something brief with colonization of myself. Let's get started, shall we?

All right, so the states that are in red are the thirteen original colonies. If you count present day USA, there are 15 states that reside within the thirteen colony boundries! This is because Vermont use to be part of New York and Maine was considered as Massachusetts! These guys were colonized by no other than England himself!

Next, orange were states that were admitted to the union between the years of 1792-1803, however West Virginia was still part of Virginia at this time! Tennessee use to be the Southwest Territory, and Kentucky use to be part of Virginia as well before becoming it's own state.

Now, yellow is seperated in two sections--the southern part use to be the Mississippi Territory, while the northern was the Michigan Territory. Mississippi and Alabama became states in 1817 and 1820 respectively. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan would all break up into several territories before becoming states of their own!

A little fun fact. Where the red and the orange/yellow meet along that border, to the Mississippi river, use to be an Native American perserve! This was after England's boss, King George the III, acquired it from France! So both orange and yellow parts all use to belong to France as well. (damn France has a lot of kids!)

Green is what was colonized by Spain. Florida was force bought acquired in 1813 (didn't become a state until 1845!). As for gaining all the land from Mexico, which declared independence from Spain in 1810, it was from the beginning of the Texas Annexation, in which we practically said "Texas is now a state of the US!" and Mexico got pretttty mad, which lead to the Mexican-American War in 1846. The United States won the war, and thus got the part of Texas they claimed beforehand, but also managed to win some additional land! This was called the Mexican Cession, in which the US finally made their borders extend to the Pacific Ocean!

Another fun fact! Did you know the "true" south of the United States is not in fact the region of the south? If you want to see things such as deserts, cactus, cowboys and tumbleweeds, The four corner states, Neveda, and Texas are the best place to be! The "south" is just a region name for those below the Midwest and Northeast! But the true "south" is classified with the Western territory!

Hm, let's move onto the blue area! This area is simply known as Louisiana Territory, which I acquired from France. This event was known as the Louisiana Purchase where the United States bought the territory for a whopping $15 million! Back then, that's about 3 cents per acre! This area was from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

Lastly, purple! The purple area was actually called the Oregon Country back when both England and I preoccupied it. However, we...well, argued about it until we came to a conclusion. This is how the 49th Parallel Line came in place, which practically separates Canada and I with a border. While England colonized Canada, I finally had acquired my manifest destiny by having an expansive country!

The last state to complete continental United States was Arizona on February 14th, 1912!

...then we bought Alaska from Russia in early 1959, and we imperialized Hawai'i in late 1959, completing the 50 states.

That's if for colonization! I hope you enjoyed this lesson!

Feel free to suggest future lessons! And if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Description
All right! I guess I'll do something brief with colonization of myself. Let's get started, shall we?

All right, so the states that are in red are the thirteen original colonies. If you count present day USA, there are 15 states that reside within the thirteen colony boundries! This is because Vermont use to be part of New York and Maine was considered as Massachusetts! These guys were colonized by no other than England himself!

Next, orange were states that were admitted to the union between the years of 1792-1803, however West Virginia was still part of Virginia at this time! Tennessee use to be the Southwest Territory, and Kentucky use to be part of Virginia as well before becoming it's own state.

Now, yellow is seperated in two sections--the southern part use to be the Mississippi Territory, while the northern was the Michigan Territory. Mississippi and Alabama became states in 1817 and 1820 respectively. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan would all break up into several territories before becoming states of their own!

A little fun fact. Where the red and the orange/yellow meet along that border, to the Mississippi river, use to be an Native American perserve! This was after England's boss, King George the III, acquired it from France! So both orange and yellow parts all use to belong to France as well. (damn France has a lot of kids!)

Green is what was colonized by Spain. Florida was force bought acquired in 1813 (didn't become a state until 1845!). As for gaining all the land from Mexico, which declared independence from Spain in 1810, it was from the beginning of the Texas Annexation, in which we practically said "Texas is now a state of the US!" and Mexico got pretttty mad, which lead to the Mexican-American War in 1846. The United States won the war, and thus got the part of Texas they claimed beforehand, but also managed to win some additional land! This was called the Mexican Cession, in which the US finally made their borders extend to the Pacific Ocean!

Another fun fact! Did you know the "true" south of the United States is not in fact the region of the south? If you want to see things such as deserts, cactus, cowboys and tumbleweeds, The four corner states, Neveda, and Texas are the best place to be! The "south" is just a region name for those below the Midwest and Northeast! But the true "south" is classified with the Western territory!

Hm, let's move onto the blue area! This area is simply known as Louisiana Territory, which I acquired from France. This event was known as the Louisiana Purchase where the United States bought the territory for a whopping $15 million! Back then, that's about 3 cents per acre! This area was from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

Lastly, purple! The purple area was actually called the Oregon Country back when both England and I preoccupied it. However, we...well, argued about it until we came to a conclusion. This is how the 49th Parallel Line came in place, which practically separates Canada and I with a border. While England colonized Canada, I finally had acquired my manifest destiny by having an expansive country!

The last state to complete continental United States was Arizona on February 14th, 1912!

...then we bought Alaska from Russia in early 1959, and we imperialized Hawai'i in late 1959, completing the 50 states.

That's if for colonization! I hope you enjoyed this lesson!

Feel free to suggest future lessons! And if you have any questions, feel free to ask!