It did so because Britain refused to stop seizing American ships that traded with France—Britain's enemy in Europe. ... Sometimes there were also seizures of American sailors. These seizures were known as impressment.
330 BC
Pytheas of Massalia was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer who explored Britain and the waters north of Scotland. He described an island six days sailing north of Britain called “Thule.” This may refer to Iceland, but could also have been the coast of Norway, or the Shetland or Faroe Islands. Pytheas was the first person to record a description of the midnight sun, the aurora, and Polar ice.
A constitutional democracy
The amount of opportunity based on where people live
In 1803 Louisiana territory was purchased from France
