How United States Became So Big (In Just Minutes!)

Added: 2026-05-01

[00:00:00]How did America get so big? Let's find out. Back [music] in 1776, the US started with just 13 tiny colonies on the East Coast. The map looked, [music] honestly, a little sad. So, they fixed that fast. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, bought a massive chunk [music] of land from France for just $15 million.

[00:00:17]Absolute steal. Florida, 1819, [music] Spain handed it over. Easy. Texas, 1845, was its own republic, but America said, "You're ours now." [music] Oregon Treaty, 1846, settled with the UK. No war, just paperwork. Then they fought Mexico and grabbed even more land in the Southwest. America was on a roll.

[00:00:36][music] Alaska, 1867, Russia sold it for just $7.2 million. They found oil there later. Russia still regrets [music] it.

[00:00:44]And finally, Hawaii, 1893, sun, surf, and a Pacific [music] base. Perfect.

[00:00:49]That's how you go from 13 small colonies to owning half a continent.