Apple QuickTime movie | 1996-06-28 | 2.6 MB | 400x280 | 5fps | 3 minutes, 11 seconds | [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: The history of the territorial expansion of the United States is a story of wars won and lost, of regions bought and sold. When France lost the French and Indian War in 1763, it ceded most of its possessions in North America to Britain, extending British domain beyond the original 13 colonies. Since Spain was an ally of France, it had to give East and West Florida to Britain, but was compensated by France with territory west of the Mississippi. With the Declaration of Independence, independence from Britain in 1776, the United States was formed from the original 13 colonies but had to wage war ...
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