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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > campaigns, elections, and the law > expansionism

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expansionism  

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  • EXPANSIONISM HAS BEEN part of the American experience since the founding of the original colonies, and has always been a political issue. The British Proclamation of 1763, which restricted colonial expansion westward, was seen as a contributing factor to the American Revolution. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Expansionism]

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