Alaska was a great deal, the best deal. The acquisition of Alaska is best understood in the context of tensions between the U.S. & Russia, on one side, & Canada & Britain, on the other. A result of those tensions was Canada's independence 3 months after the Alaska deal. https://t.co/8K2ZKH42DZ
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As it turned out, US relations w/the UK & Canada thawed soon after 1867, but at the time, the acquisition was potentially a launching-off point for a land invasion of Canada from the west as well as a blockade of its Pacific coast.
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