President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in bringing Greenland and the Panama Canal under U.S. control and suggested making Canada the 51st state.

In that century, the U.S. acquired the Louisiana Purchase, half of Mexico, the Oregon Territory, Hawaii, Alaska, the Philippines, Guam, Samoa and Guantanamo Bay. Trump now covets Greenland ...

The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he didn’t like.

Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are two of the greatest presidents that the U.S. has seen. You probably know that ...

It is very easy to explain, and it’s an old story. The history of the world has demonstrated a trend among aggressor nations ...

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Jefferson's arguably most famous deed was the purchase of Louisiana, which more than doubled American territory. It can be ...

America has expanded its territory through land purchases more than most countries. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 involved France transferring ownership of about 828,000 square miles of territory ...

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of ... the Red River would take American explorers closer to Spanish territory than any other expedition to this time.

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