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Maptour: The Boundaries of Canada, 1670-2001
Maptour: The Boundaries of Canada
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America’s Revolutionary New Nation
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Map: Boundary Changes, 1670-2001
Try This:
Keep open
the interactive map "Boundary Changes, 1670-2001."
Under LAYER CONTROLS,
turn on
the checkbox for "1774"; then
turn on
"1783."
Click back and forth
, noting the substantial changes that occur on the map.
Notice ...
The Canada - United States border through the Great Lakes appears for the first time.
Consider!
In 1783 the United States, a sovereign nation, was poised to indulge its own territorial - some would say imperial - ambitions both west and north.
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