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It seems a bit odd to me why their was no major power in the Pacific Northwest. Why do I say this well they had the perfect location for expansion because while they didn't have a great farmland they did have an excellent and stable food from the sea. They were also somewhat close the the east Asian powers (such as Japan,China,Korea) in which they could have traded with to get technology. They also had some of the best vegetation for the construction of buildings and ships in which they could have expanded. Out of all the places though in North Americas that would strike me as one of the best areas overall to start such an empire. So tell me why did such a thing never happen ? What events that would allow this to happen?
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