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The purchase price was right. Some stayed and became Americans. The government was willing to leave North America because the cost of administration and defense of this colony could have bankrupted them. To build a Pacific Fleet was an expensive alternative and they simply chose to take the money and run.
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What are the people called who live north of the arctic circle called?
Laplanders, Inuits, RussiansIn Canada and Greenland you have the Inuit People, who do not like being called Eskimos. In Alaska and Siberia you have the Yupik and Inupiat People, who do not like being called Inuit, but like being Eskimos. There are a scattering of Lapp or Sami people to be found, along with three cities of Russians and one Norwegian city.
Did the Russians really go to the moon?
No. The Russians have sent unmanned probes, but the only manned missions to the moon were American.
What US state has the most uninhabited land not including Alaska or Hawaii?
Alaska
Why is there a lot of fossil fuel in Alaska?
alaska rules
What is bigger Montana Texas and California or Alaska?
Alaska
Was the state Alabama or Alaska sold by Russians to Americans?
Alaska
Who were the first settlers in Alaska?
The Russians
Who did America purscase Alaska from?
The Russians.
Who were the first to settle in Alaska?
Russians.
Who were first settlers in Alaska?
The Russians
What is the exploration in Alaska?
Alaska was explored by native tribes and later Russians.
What country was the state of Alasks purchased?
Well before America bought Alaska,Alaska was owned by the Russians,but America talked and talked with the Russians (the Alaskan Purchase) and they made a decision,America bought Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.
What did Russians accomplish in Alaska?
nothing they stink
What was the land purchased from the Russians in 1867?
Alaska
From what country did the US purchase Alaska?
RussiaRussia
What were the Russians after in Alaska?
The Russians were after Beaver pelts in Alaska...once the population of beavers declined they wanted to get rid of Alaska because they weren't gaining anything by owning it so they sold it to William H. Seward.
Alaska was bought by who in 1867?
Alaska was purchased from the Russians for 7.2 million dollars in 1867.
