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Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations

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  • 1830–1860: Diplomacy and Westward Expansion
  • Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830
  • The Amistad Case, 1839
  • The Opening to China Part I: the First Opium War, the United States, and the Treaty of Wangxia, 1839–1844
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
  • The Oregon Territory, 1846
  • The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848
  • Founding of Liberia, 1847
  • United States Maritime Expansion across the Pacific during the 19th Century
  • Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854
  • The United States and the Opening to Japan, 1853
  • The Opening to China Part II: the Second Opium War, the United States, and the Treaty of Tianjin, 1857–1859
  • Territorial Expansion, Filibustering, and U.S. Interest in Central America and Cuba, 1849–1861

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  • 1776-1783
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  • 1801-1829
  • 1830-1860
  • 1861-1865
  • 1866-1898
  • 1899-1913
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  • 1921-1936
  • 1937-1945
  • 1945-1952
  • 1953-1960
  • 1961-1968
  • 1969-1976
  • 1977-1980
  • 1981-1988
  • 1989-1992
  • 1993-2000

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