Some causes and effects of European exploration is:
1. They brought diseases to the U.S and Africa which effected those people and causing them to die
2. They found Africans and wanted their gold and money which effected them to start the American slave trade
And many other reasons....
Answer: The US businesses were afraid they would lose the money that they had invested. US businesses thought that prices for goods in Cuba would go down. US businesses did not want Spain to become stronger economically.
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