Excerpt from The Industrial Evolution of the United States BY the definitive treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783, between the United States and England, the United States gained all the material objects of the Revolution and came into possession of an imperial estate of square miles of territory.* This was the national domain March 4, 1789, when the new constitution went into efi'ect and the federal government under it began its Operations. It consisted of the thirteen original states and the territory claimed by some of them. The area of the United States since then has been greatly increased by purchase, by conquest, and by cession. The first great accessions were through the acquisition of the Louisiana and Oregon tracts in 1803-5, covering square miles. The Accessions. Florida purchase of 1819 added square miles. From Texas in 1845 the United States gained Square miles, while the first Mexican cession added 545, 753 square miles, and the Gadsden purchase, in 18 53, square miles. In 1867 Russia, by purchase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.