the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 included land that extended north into Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba?
Just Alberta and Saskatchewan. It wasn't so much a purchase as it was payment from the US to France to drop their claim to the land. France had claimed it, but had no way to defend and populate it, so the US purchased France's claim to the land. Jefferson knew the US had to explore, survey, and populate it immediately because land that is unpopulated by European people is subject to dispute and challenge. This is how the US conquered Mexico's former territory.
the treasonists responsible for the Boston Tea Party were masons and members of the "Hell fire club"?
They weren't committing treason, but they were breaking the law, and were repudiated by both the citizens and the local government of Boston. Fines were paid and restitution was made for the tea. Yes, those who threw the tea in the harbor were masons, as most of the affluent men of the time were, but they absolutely weren't in the "Hellfire Club", which was established in London in 1718 and had several other clubs in Britain and Ireland. There's no possibility that a franchise would have existed in Massachusetts colony at that time.
Winnipeg Manitoba is the geographical center of the North American continent
This is wrong. For the last 90 years, Rugby, North Dakota, was claimed to be the geographical center. It has since been recalculated to Center, Oliver County, North Dakota.
Lost_In_The_Thinking 0 points 1.9 years ago
Just Alberta and Saskatchewan. It wasn't so much a purchase as it was payment from the US to France to drop their claim to the land. France had claimed it, but had no way to defend and populate it, so the US purchased France's claim to the land. Jefferson knew the US had to explore, survey, and populate it immediately because land that is unpopulated by European people is subject to dispute and challenge. This is how the US conquered Mexico's former territory.
They weren't committing treason, but they were breaking the law, and were repudiated by both the citizens and the local government of Boston. Fines were paid and restitution was made for the tea. Yes, those who threw the tea in the harbor were masons, as most of the affluent men of the time were, but they absolutely weren't in the "Hellfire Club", which was established in London in 1718 and had several other clubs in Britain and Ireland. There's no possibility that a franchise would have existed in Massachusetts colony at that time.
This is wrong. For the last 90 years, Rugby, North Dakota, was claimed to be the geographical center. It has since been recalculated to Center, Oliver County, North Dakota.