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Pennsylvania and Virginia had a long lasting border dispute in the west before the current boundaries were agreed up. At that time West Virginia was still part of Virginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania also had boundary troubles until the famed surveyors Mason and Dixon established the line that became the permanent boundary.
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A nation's borders can be changed as a result of?
Borders can be changed as a result of war. The winner annexes territory. It can also be changed in peacetime, the two countries agree to change their borders. This can be a mutually beneficial exchange of territory. Sometimes their is a referendum, and the inhabitants decide either they want independence, or they want to change from one country to another. For example, it has just been agreed that Scotland will have a referendom for independence in 2014. if the referendom gets a majority, the border of the United Kingdom will change.
Why are borders important?
Because good borders make good neighbors.
How did Texas get its borders?
The boarders crossed the Texas borders to be in Texas. The current borders of Texas are the result of several treaties with Mexico and some court disputes with the neighboring states.
How has the US dealt with conflict within its own borders and what are the legacies of these conflicts?
There has been no conflict on the borders.
What borders did the US gain when it acquired this territory in 1776?
what borders did the United States gain when it acquired this territory in 1776
What immigrant groups settled in pennsylnania?
what were the groups that settled in Pennsyvania? what were the groups that settled in Pennsyvania?
How do you spell pennsyvania?
Pennsylvania
How did Pennsyvania become a state?
never
Where in Pennsyvania did Besty Ross live?
Philadelphia.
What colony was the center of shipping and trade?
It was Pennsyvania.
What is a famous landmark in pennsyvania?
The Comcast building
Were any national borders changed as result of armenian genocide?
No. Ottoman/Turkish borders were changed as a result of World War I in general and the Treaties of Sevres and Lausanne, but not as a result of the Armenian genocide in particular.
How was Maine changed since its Colonial days?
It borders New Hampshire
Where did they write the declaration of independence?
Philadelphia Pennsyvania,1776
What is Pennsyvania's state motto?
"Virtue, Liberty, and Independence"
Who founded of the Pennsyvania Gazette?
Benjamin Franklin (1730)
What year did pennsyvania became a colony?
in the 1700,s
