They got some land from the Louisiana Purchase and other land they got from Mexico through the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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The main reason why the colonial assemblies rejected the Albany plan is because they were afraid and paranoid about a central body that would tax them, since anti-taxation sentiment was strong at this time.
Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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