Pe***e also ask : What was going on in 1853?
March \u2013 Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in San Francisco, California. March 2 \u2013 Washington Territory is created from Oregon Territory. March 4 \u2013 Franklin Pierce b the 14th President of the United States, affirming the oath of office, and William R. King b Vice President of the United States.
Pe***e also ask : Why is the year 1853 significant?
The December 30, 1853, "Gadsden Purchase" gives the United States a strip of land in the Southwest that would later b the states of New Mexico and Arizona. The Republican Party is founded in Ripon, WI, on February 28, 1854.
Pe***e also ask : What happened in December 1853?
Santa Anna refused to sell a large portion of Mexico, but he needed money to fund an army to put down ongoing rebellions, so on December 30, 1853 he and Gadsden signed a treaty stipulating that the United States would pay $15 million for 45,000 square miles south of the New Mexico territory and assume private American ...
Pe***e also ask : What happened in 1852 in American history?
July 5 \u2013 Frederick Douglass delivers his famous speech on "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery" in Rochester, New York. August 3 \u2013 The first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event, is held.