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The Oregon Country and a good part of Western United States and Canda were populated due to late 19th century gold rushes that brought in timely influxes of population defining whether the land went to the US or Canada and brought such groups as Chinese And others.
So what would happen if before the 19th century when the region was under Spain and Russia these discoveries were made.