Colonists believed that they could exert more control over their fate if power was restricted at the State level
Answer choices are:
A. the Teller Amendment
B. the Gentlemen's Agreement
C. the Platt Amendment
D. the Root-Takahira Agreement
Correct answer choice is:
The Platt Amendment
Explanation:
The Platt amendment was a series of assistance that, in 1901, American Government insisted Cuba to raise its new constitution, commanding Cuba to remain out of debt and providing the America the right to interfere within the country and therefore the right to shop for or lease Cuban land for armed service and supplying stations.