1507 is the year it was painted
Americans held the balance of power between Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River after the American Revolution.
US and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783 to end the American Revolutionary War. The treaty set the boundaries between US and Great Britain territories, including Great Britain's concession of the trans-Appalachian west region to the US.
Not a bypass of recession
The Industrial Revolution involved a shift in the United States from manual labor-based industry to more technical and machine-based manufacturing. It also paved the way for many manufacturers.