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gunnut · 07-05-2007, 03:49 AM

Would we have expanded westward as aggressively as we did had we remained with the British Empire? Would we have bought Lousiana from the French? Would we have bought Alaska from the Russians?

Suffice to say, the world would be a very different place had we remained with the empire. For better or for worse, I cannot begin to imagine.

07-05-2007, 03:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
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