The United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million on January 17, 1917.
This is just a guess but maybe he feels out of place in the US.
Acadians<span> settled in </span>Louisiana<span> after being persecuted and forced to leave ... During what was termed "The Exile," the </span>Acadian<span> people </span>were<span> forcibly </span>deported<span> to France ... present-day </span>Louisiana; somecame<span> from the lands to which </span>they were<span> exiled ... the product of the adaptation of </span>their<span> French traditions and </span>their<span> new </span>homes<span>.</span>
In 1511 Albuquerque captured Malacca; from this he could control the trade from the East Indies and the coast of China.
A cabinet level agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees federal programs designed to help Americans meet their housing needs. ... Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 1934 to help Americans with their housing needs during the Great Depression.
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