North America 1853: Gadsden Purchase
30 December 1853
30 Dec 1853
Manifest Destiny
1200–1492 Late Pre-Columbian Era
1492–1513 The Age of Columbus
1513–1604 The Conquistadors
1604–1821 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
1821–1842 Successors of New Spain
1842–1860 Manifest Destiny
1860–1865 American Civil War
1865–1898 Closing the Frontier
1898–1941 American Empire
1941–pres American Superpower
Gadsden Purchase
2 Oct 1843 Oregon Dispute
29 Dec 1845 Annexation of Texas
13 May 1846 Outbreak of the Mexican–American War
15 Jun 1846 Oregon Treaty
18 Aug 1846 Conquest of California & New Mexico
19 Nov 1846 Northern Mexican Theater
9 Mar 1847 Siege of Veracruz
14 Sep 1847 Battle for Mexico City
2 Feb 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
11 Feb 1849 California Gold Rush
9 Sep 1850 Compromise of 1850
14 Oct 1852 Opening up the West
30 Dec 1853 Gadsden Purchase
6 Dec 1855 Bleeding Kansas
2 Apr 1857 Filibuster War
29 Sep 1858 Mexican Reform War
18 Oct 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry
Even as California was being accepted into the Union, a new dispute was breaking out between the US and Mexico. The map used for the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had been inaccurate, meaning that the central part of the US-Mexican boundary was ambiguous. To solve this issue, the US ambassador James Gadsden arranged for the purchase of the disputed region, signing the Gadsden Purchase treaty with Mexico in 1853.
