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During frontier times, the direction of the frontier was constantly shifting as new territories were explored and settled. This period of exploration and settlement was known as the Age of Expansion, and it was marked by a period of intense competition between the various European powers to claim new lands. As these powers moved further and further west, they encountered a variety of indigenous cultures and peoples, leading to a period of conflict and negotiation. The result was a period of rapid change in the direction of the frontier, as new territories were claimed and new cultures encountered.