A. White settler wanted their land.
Though the Declaration of Independence is not a binding legal document it did eloquently express the ideals of the new country, one of which was that the people control the government. This principle of<em> limited government</em> was later incorporated into the Constitution.
<span>Congress passed the federal reserve act to create the federal reserve system, the central banking system of the united states. </span>
The areas of the world where the US gain influence as a result of the Spanish-American War are Cuba, Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico. As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States became a world power that controlled an empire stretching from the Caribbean Sea to the Far East.