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Border changes in North America from 1750 to now
Jan 10, 2017 4:53 AM
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goodie2socks
Crazy how nature do dat
Turrible
As a historian too-tidy maps like this sort of make me cringe. Also, where are the Indians?
megavolts
Wait, Norway, up north in the Canadian Archipelago, that's a big news
sgtcoffman
I'm colorblind as fuck.
twoamartist
Louisiana f-ing Purchase! F yeah!
legalimmigrant
And don't let the door hit your ass on your way out Great Britain.
whitemormoncrip
Was Texas flashing it's dong a few times?
dghammer
Yes...yes we did.
Flossugar
Just a few more to go.
PenguinPoker
Norway and Russia being sneaky.
PastaPriest
Grey parts should have said native Americans.
gnitez8
Nah.. If it hasn't been claimed by the white man, then obviously it didn't exist yet
NerfherderVC
Nice. The West Virginia detail makes me happy
TheChrisTraegerMachine
As a scotsman this makes me so sad to see the evolution of independence for these countries, while my own people voted against independence
PunkRockHerbivore
Make Mexico great again
jsmithy2334
USA USA USA MANIFEST DESTINY BABY WOOO
CRATERHATER26
Fuck yea Vermont, I see you
TheRompingRaccoon
Why was Norway there ?
ShoeDenim
nrkst
What's up with Texas' magic disappearing reappearing redisappearing penis?
serpentinebaboo
Also, I blinked, but there was something around Connecticut in the 1920s?
fartnugget69
That's our little secret ;)
HelloMyNameIsHuman
I had to look it up (out of curiosity) I believe it's the "Chamizal dispute".
gnitez8
Can't expect Texas to always be erect
gnitez8
How were people able to divide large pieces of land in the olden days? Seems like a daunting task without Google maps
cesarnero
Maybe compas and map.
delecti
Surveyors are crazy accurate, and have been for a while.
skillinp
I didn't realize that Canada wasn't created all at once from the British Empire. Also wtf is Fort Ross?
skillinp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ross,_California
applebeetles
Source?
cesarnero
Wikipedia
syronthebowman
do it
syronthebowman
no source
babysaidmaybe
Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies...
cesarnero
United states, that sounds like a fucking franchise.
zeusdemigod131
What was up with that tiny piece by Delaware?
KentuckyFriedChildren
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_(border) interesting bit of cartographical history, basically DE and PA had beef until 1921. TMYK!
bananhammock
Wait where is the last bit of France at? It wasn't greyed out
MoronsYourBusIsLeaving
Saint Pierre et Miquelon!
madbydesign
France still has a teeny tiny dot off the coast of NFLD&L
nemoe
Thank you for clearing this up for me.
MoronsYourBusIsLeaving
Saint Pierre et Miquelon
troll4you
Never understood why we kept alaska
MarioBoon
King crab !
ChiefofAchnacarry
Natural resources
doctorbees
Power play over Russia.
TexasRaised
They needed democracy
6313326
They have so many bald eagles. How could we NOT get ahold of 'em?
akseeya
You don't get out much do you?
WallpaperProblems
Well K read that the US got Alaska as an incentive for the U.K. To give up British Columbia to the US, due to UK's involvement in supporting
WallpaperProblems
The South however that involvement was the U.K. Said no, and not looking to push the issue, the US remained with Alaska cuz why not
SkyfireNV
Why not, great deal for a big swath of land covered in cool shit. Literally and metaphorically.
cesarnero
oil....
JamesAHarrod
Gold
cesarnero
etcetera
CherylCarolCherleneTunt
Oil, land, and ultimately because fuck Russia.
SoapyMammaryMasturbation
In 21st century, Russia fuck YOU.
valarjk
fuck russia. thats why you paid them for alaska?
LMeire
Only two cents an acre even back then it was ridiculously cheap. Louisiana cost more and that was with France thinking they'd lose it anyway
CherylCarolCherleneTunt
NoMeansNoBillCosby
wtf Norway
Mind792
Some fishermen lost their way ended up building another country
KentuckyFriedChildren
Wasn't that during WWII when the Norwegian Royal Family took residence in Canada as the gov't-in-exile, so some land was declared (1/2)
KentuckyFriedChildren
sovereign Norwegian soil? I thought I'd read that somewhere... (2/2)
NoMeansNoBillCosby
Thanks for clarifying
KentuckyFriedChildren
No problem! I may be mistaken, however - this is a vague recollection from a college course years back
PandaIsMad
The Netherlands are not in here:'( we owned new york damnit... we owned it... and traded it for suriname... big mistake
slappyhamsalads
"Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam"
PandaIsMad
Right as rain!
841pts
Damn! Mexico was big... they should've built a wall...
SenatorHillaryIAmStillInTheRaceClinton
People forget that Mexico was wealthier and had a significantly larger military during the Mexican-American war of the 1840's.
DeanP3456562456456
Well they have a wall now on the southern side but little too late.
MexicaninQatar
You know that there is no such wall right? Southern wall is a myth... it's a free pass border.
DeanP3456562456456
But trump said there was and that man has never told a lie. He's Lincoln reborn.
JudgeMentalCat
James K Polk started a war with them after basically throwing a hissy fit at their government for refusing to sell him land
SomeWhiteKid
Damn, thats a productive hissy fit.
JudgeMentalCat
a few years later: boom. Magic. Our country doubled in size.
cesarnero
well thats what you got when you betray spanish empire.
minombreeslechuga
Pinches Espanoles valen verga ¡VIVA MÉXICO CABRONES!
bookwormfromspain
Sí, hijo, sí, lo que tú digas.
iAppdata
Karma, I guess. The Spanish betray ancient Mexican cultures, and then the US betrays Spain. Good tradeoff.
juanIV
Mexican cultures were fighting each other .exican cultures. Spanish allied some of them and conquered others. No betrayal.
Seattlite
"The Spanish banged the mayans. Turned em into Mexicans." -frank Reynolds.
HelloMyNameIsHuman
I lot of Mexicans who know the history of how large Mexico was are still very bitter about that.
llortamai
People in my town still call Southern California "Old Mexico"
alexanderthegreater
Shouldnt have started shit then lol
HelloMyNameIsHuman
It really isn't about "starting shit" the Mexican govt. really doesn't care about it's people hence why police and citizens are fighting now
alexanderthegreater
I meant in the context of losing all that land in the mexican american war. Which btw was almost 200 years ago, they can get over it
HelloMyNameIsHuman
Same idea goes behind the civil war, confederate lost yet some are still mad about it although that was about 150yrs ago.
Cac2008
The fact that there are different shades of red and blue that isn't explained on the legend triggers me.
CanadianFishNerd
the dull red is canadian territories, bright red is provinces
Cac2008
Thanks! I admit my knowledge of Canada is pretty poor. Perhaps now is the time to learn :)
CanadianFishNerd
We turn 150 this year, no time like the present!
dghammer
Was wondering...thanks.
badfishruca
Light blue I understood as American territory and it becomes dark blue when they adopted statehood. Alaska represent!!
TimidTyrannosaurus
Good explanation
Cac2008
Thanks. As a non-US-ian i wouldn't have know that otherwise, we don't do US history of any sort over here.
Lambdafish1
In my GCSE history class, we vaguely learned about the colonisation of America, but nothing beyond that
badfishruca
It's all good, as an Alaska native I can tell you right now I haven't thought much about US history either.
delecti
Alaska? *Eyes Sarah Palin* We know. :P