Government thought it would be a good idea to have Indiana because it has access to the Great Lakes and has a high percent of power to the Great Lakes.
To acquire a piece of public land by living on and cultivating it is called claiming the land.
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We won the 1812 war and when we did we gained Michigan, and also, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Well, Virginia was one of the 13 original colonies, so they didn't have to acquire Virginia.
The US did not acquire it or the land. The US leased the land from the newly established country of Panama, and the US built the canal with Panamanian assistance. Panama does and always has owned the canal.
'Cause they wanted the have more wealth
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Indiana ranks 38th in the US with 36,420 square miles.
About one-sixth of the land land in Indiana is covered by forests
The US government created the California Trail
Most of Ohio and Indiana to the federal government