>one of the first things Americans did with independence was travel this riverWhat was so great about it?
>>528045683That's the Mississippi
>>528045683British and French fought a seven years war over OHIO let that sink in
>>528045683It's the Good Morning River. The founding fathers knew the United States would have turned into a nation of weebs so they named it after a japanese word.
>>528045683It connected the colonies to the Mississippi River and what would eventually become the southern port of the United States for trade and commerce. To this day part of the most important river system in the US.
>>528045683It's skibbity.
>>528045683it takes you west and its the ohioh river valley is like a fantasy land for pre industrial pioneers>rolling hills of ripe soil for farming>shallow wide slow river for shipping>minerals like coal iron and saltpeter visible in the bluffs >beaver and coons for daysits literally God's country
>>528045819Mississippi + Ohio
>>528045930Advanced tactics are hard to understand
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its the largest network of navigable rivers in the world and the primary reason why any polity occupying the north american continent will always be a superpower
>>528048403>>528048465Not to mention the coasts enabling easy travel to both Europe and Asia>basically what Columbus was doing with IndiaBetween the landing of Central America and the Indies, might say Columbus liked to sail islands
>>528048885>Unlike the UK, the USA is between both Asia and EuropeA bit like Spain and Central America
>>528045683Ohio >: 0
>>528045949they already had weebs. it was called japonism
>>528045683They were not real Americans gifted with the Faustian spirit, they were the European slave underclass, Ohio river is for pussies.
>>528050855>settle half of America>"can't believe we're almost done!"
