Here's how the map of the United States has changed in 200 years
09 January 2018
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It didn't take long for the US to begin expanding westward after winning independence from British rule. By the mid-1800s, the country had pushed its territorial bounds across North America to the Pacific Ocean, and began dividing up territory into its present-day 50 states.
The original video was published in Business Insider.