Gadsden Purchase

President Franklin Pierce sent James Gadsden to Mexico City with high hopes in buying the Mexico land from the south that is now Texas. When he arrived in Mexico City the President would not even look at the proposal he had and was not interested whatsoever in selling the United States the Mexico Territory. Eventually we would get the territory of Texas in the Gadsden Purchase. The United States paid 10 million dollars for the territory which is now present-day Texas and parts of New Mexico.

This was a very relevant part in how the U.S. would eventually form. This purchase gave the country many more ways of importing and exporting goods along with overall making the eventual population of the country increase dramatically. This purchase made many more goods more accessible to the United States and helped with the goods that were not easily exported throughout our nation. Overall, this purchase made the sixe of the country increase dramatically.