<span>By the early to mid-seventeenth century, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were all competing for colonies and trade around the world.</span>
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A steppe is a large area of flat unforested grassland in south-eastern Europe or Siberia.
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Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, the Mexican Cession, the Erie Canal, the Homestead Act, the transcontinental railroad and the California Gold Rush are some examples of how the US started expanding its territory in the 1800s.
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