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Originally Posted by Aliantha
EG: HAWAII; ALASKA; HALF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. (just to name a few)
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Whoa, there. We bought Alaska from the Russians. Seward's folly, it was called.
As for Hawaii, the people living there requested the US to take charge. They, missionaries, sailors, fortune hunters, fishermen, planters, from everywhere, had already greatly out numbered and displaced the natives.