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This 1811 map of North America
This 1811 map of North America includes the Louisiana Territory, which doubled the nation’s size.
Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress

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During its first quarter century, the new United States government had to find its way in the world while attending to the nation’s business. Leaders met with Indian nations and faced often-hostile relations with European powers while coping with conflicts between emerging political parties and working out relationships among the three new branches of government.