Alexander hamiltion was the one to get the bill of rights
They were colonies of great Britain
Great Britain had taken over the areas and declared them to be British spheres of interests following the decline of the Ottoman empire. Egypt specifically was of prime significance to Britain as it was the new route to India and the colonies in the Eastern coast of Africa.
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Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west aka the ohio territory
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The first explorer to locate the Cumberland gap was Thomas Walker.