The Northwest Ordinance
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
Jamestown did not, and could not expand- it is an island in the James River. However, colonists moved to other places, and began farming there.
So they could have a lager place to live and so they could have a larger population so they could have more solders
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
America could, and should, continue to expand westward at all costs.
By conquering all they could
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The lower 48 states were settled in a continual westward expansion so that all of the states are connected. Alaska however was not settled by us but by the Russians and later purchased by the U.S. At the time Alaska was purchased Canada was already settled and established therefore the U.S. could not expand and settle the land between the lower 48 states and Alaska connecting the two. The only way they could be connected is if the U.S. owned what is now British Columbia, Canada.
It was called "Manifest Destiny."
So they could find more land for their people to live in.
An antonym of downsize could be expand.
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Christopher Columbus was initially trying to prove that it was possible to reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean. He believed that he could find a shorter trade route to Asia, bypassing the established overland routes that were controlled by the Ottomans.