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To: James Seagrove who wrote (678278)3/1/2019 9:22:07 PM
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Canada, the US and Mexico (well, not so much Mexico) have been blessed to have each other as neighbors. This continent could have been a bloody open sore like Europe.

Jefferson went against his own principles and instincts and bought Louisiana. Manifest Destiny is often cited as America's second sin (slavery being its original sin), but the US as a continental power brought peace to North America, save a few skirmishes with Mexico and the War of 1812.

The alternative may have been the American Civil War-style continental conflict between rival powers - for generations. Horrible.
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