The physical location of a place is called a SITE
The main way in which the colonies developed identities independent of great Britain is that they soon were home to a slew of immigrants from around the world, who brought with them their own traditions.
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Fur trade
Pioneer settlers were sometimes pulled west because they wanted to make a better living. Others received letters from friends or family members who had moved west. These letters often told about a good life on the frontier. The biggest factor that pulled pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land.
Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States.
The reason why people risk their lives to fight against the world's super power was because of the reason that they want to have their freedom and to be able to get and achieve the rights in which they think that they truly deserves.