Mr Fish
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@amit6060 @historyinmemes At the time they didn’t realize the tremendous size of North America.
Initially they were promised the land from the East coast to the West coast (until the proclamation of 1763).
The first square is putting the colonists’ claim on a modern map, to emphasize its absurdity.
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@historyinmemes I’ve got to admit, there’s something both bold and ridiculously careless about that 1609 claim.
Just drawing a straight line across an entire continent and going, “Yep, that’ll do! 👍”
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