> Anton Sherwood wrote:
>> Hm, now I wonder why I deleted this bit:
>> "As an American of course I know about Lousiana 1803,
>> Gadsden 1854, Alaska 1867, Virgin Islands 1917."

Lowell G. McManus wrote:

> The Gadsden Purchase was in 1853.

My nearest reference says it *took effect* in 1854.

> You can also add these:
>
> In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the end of the
> Mexican War, the USA paid Mexico $15,000,000 (plus the assumption
> of debts owed to American citizens by the Mexican government) for
> the Mexican territories of Alta California and Nuevo México,
> which it had occupied during the war.

Good heavens. One doesn't hear that much.

> Similarly, in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 after the end of the
> Spanish-America War, the USA paid Spain $20,000,000 for the
> Philippine Islands, which it had occupied during that war.

Thanks.

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