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ALASKA PURCHASE

AND HISTORY...

BY ANDRES SUAREZ AND DEISY MATIZ

WHEN WAS FOUND AND WHO FOUND ALASKA?

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It was found or discover by russia in 1741 in a expedition led by Vitus Bering, they land in Unimak Island . The first name that it takes was Alyaska, which became the bases of the actually name, Alaska

ALASKA HISTORY

ALASKA LOCATION

*People have inhabited Alaska since 10,000 B.C. At that time a land bridge extended from Siberia to eastern Alaska, and migrants followed herds of animals across it. Of these migrant groups, the Athabaskans, Aleuts, Inuit, Yupik, Tlingit and Haida remain in Alaska.

Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere It is part of United States since 1867 and is one of the 50 states of USA.

*Russia controlled most of the area that is now Alaska from the late 1700s until 1867 when it was purchased by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward for $7.2 million, or about two cents an acre.

*During World War II, the Japanese occupied two Alaskan islands, Attu and Kiska, for 15 months.

As an industry that supports many of Alaska's other industries, such as retail, fishing, tourism and oil and gas

economy of Alaska

*Alaska use the currency of USA, the dolar. *Alaska is the 4th richest state of USA.

PURCHASE OF ALASKA BY UNITED STATES

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On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.

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