Comment on Buy 1 Louisiana, get 10 free!
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve no doubt they’d have lost that land one way or another, although I suppose it could have gone to the British and made into part of Canada or something.
Comment on Buy 1 Louisiana, get 10 free!
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve no doubt they’d have lost that land one way or another, although I suppose it could have gone to the British and made into part of Canada or something.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Yeah. It is the same reason why Russia sold Alaska. It was better to sell to Americans than have it get conquered by the British.