Why did the united states initially turn down the offer of purchasing alaska

Russia offered to sell Alaska in 1859 because they were in debt from the Crimean War. The U.S initially didn't purchase Alaska because of Civil War debts.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.