The new land and or "the new world"
The need for natural resources and new markets and New Guinea for the second question
The Cuban War of Independence<span> (</span>Spanish<span>: </span>Guerra de Independencia cubana<span>, 1895–98) was the last of three liberation wars that </span>Cuba<span> fought against </span>Spain<span>, the other two being the </span>Ten Years' War<span> (1868–1878) and the </span>Little War<span> (1879–1880). The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the </span>Spanish–American War<span>, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the </span>Philippine Islands<span> against Spain. Historians disagree as to the extent that United States officials were motivated to intervene for humanitarian reasons but agree that </span>yellow journalism exaggerated atrocities attributed to Spanish forces against Cuban civilians.
Social Darwinism became the belief system,
<span>It was held by the supporters of big business. Under this belief system, wealth was a measure of one’s value. If you became wealthy, you earned it; if you were poor, you deserved to be poor. </span>
British people wanted and made slaves work in their land. The slaves never got paid back. The owners got more money and bought more slaves.
Isn't that horrible, making people work very hard ,but not paying them back?