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minus-squaretaiyanglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoI’ve no doubt they’d have lost that land one way or another, although I suppose it could have gone to the British and made into part of Canada or something.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoYeah. It is the same reason why Russia sold Alaska. It was better to sell to Americans than have it get conquered by the British.
I’ve no doubt they’d have lost that land one way or another, although I suppose it could have gone to the British and made into part of Canada or something.
Yeah. It is the same reason why Russia sold Alaska. It was better to sell to Americans than have it get conquered by the British.