Maybe it means that there’s a difference between how much land they own or something. It says there was a difference between the amount of land they occupied and the amount of land they couldn’t control. So maybe they didn’t own/have a lot of land but there was a lot of land they couldn’t get to/take over etc. or maybe this situation could be vice versa so they have a ton of land but only a little isn’t “controlled” let me know if this helps sorry if it’s confusing I’m just guessing based on the context clues :)
It got larger and more states and colonies were discovered
<span>Christopher Columbus </span>
The Reconstruction Amendments<span> are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth </span>amendments to the United States Constitution<span>, </span>adopted<span> between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War
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I believe China launched its first manned satellite in 2003
