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Looking back at the big picture of the early United States and California, it was inevitable that the two entities at that time would be intertwined over history.
Beginning with Thomas Jefferson, and his Lewis and Clark expedition, which reached the Pacific Ocean in 1804, it was clear that the United States had a deep interest in all the territories west of the original 13 colonies. Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, the addition of the Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Mississippi territories around the same time, and the defeat of the British in 1815 in New Orleans all proved that the U.S. interest in expanding from sea to shining sea was serious, pervasive and not-to-be-denied. The Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny and the defeat of Mexico only proved the point.
As the west began to open up and settlers rolled west despite the hardships, Indians,...
"invasion" could only be stopped by the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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