Even today, scientist are still trying to pin-point exactly why this land suddenly emerged in the late 18th century, considering every other instance needed for the sea level to retreat.
Still, one has to wonder how different North America development without it. For one, without a physical connection to their colonies, it's seems the push by Britain for what would become Canada so far west so quickly. No doubt the newly created United States may to still promoted a union of the colonies, but westward may have been slower.
Certainly with only frozen ice between America and Russia, the empire may have been willing to let it go rather than cling to until the end of the nineteenth-however much the western half continued to fall under British/Canadian influence. Following this, relations between the Untied States and Britain may have been warmer, though no doubt the different ideologies would leave a wedge regardless.
Still, one has to wonder how different North America development without it. For one, without a physical connection to their colonies, it's seems the push by Britain for what would become Canada so far west so quickly. No doubt the newly created United States may to still promoted a union of the colonies, but westward may have been slower.
Certainly with only frozen ice between America and Russia, the empire may have been willing to let it go rather than cling to until the end of the nineteenth-however much the western half continued to fall under British/Canadian influence. Following this, relations between the Untied States and Britain may have been warmer, though no doubt the different ideologies would leave a wedge regardless.