BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO CLAIM ALASKA; ALASKA HAVING LARGE
AMOUNTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RUSSIA; HEAVILY DEPENDING ON
THE ALEUTS AND TLINGIT FOR FOOD AND LABOR WITH
LITTLE SUCCESS; HEAVILY DEPENDING ON
THE ALEUTS AND TLINGIT FOR FOOD AND LABOR WITH
LITTLE SUCCESS; SELLING
ALASKA
TO THE
UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA