this should help
https://spartacus-educational.com/U3Ahistory17.htm
The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted their settlement to be primarily
an example to the rest of the world.Territory claimed but never administered by the colonial government extended as far west as the Pacific Ocean. The earlier Dutch colony of New Netherlands disputed many of these claims, arguing that they held rights to lands beyond Rhode Island up to the western side of Cape Cod and the Plymouth Bay Colony.
The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. ... Accordingly, while the United States extended diplomatic recognition to Texas, it took no further action concerning annexation until 1844, when President John Tyler restarted negotiations with the Republic of Texas.
476 CE Rome invaded and the Western Roman Empire falls irrevocably.
One way US workers are affected when jobs are outsourced to less-developed countries is that workers in foregin countries do US workers' job for less money