Chronology of Land Acquisitions:

1. The original 13 states
2. 1790 North Carolina cession
3. 1781 - 1802 state cession
4. 1803 Louisiana Purchase
5. 1818 Red River of the North
6. 1819 Treaty with Spain
7. 1845 Texas is annexed
8. 1846 The Oregon Compromise
9. 1848 Mexican cession
10. 1850 Purchased from Texas
11. 1853 The Gasden Purchase
12. 1867 Alaska purchased from Russia
13. 1898 Hawaii annexed

This concludes the History of Surveying portion of the training.