No main purpose was fur trading
Answer:
Because Cuba was afraid the United States might invade again
The medieval guilds were generally one of two types: merchant guilds or craft guilds. Merchant guilds were associations of all or most of the merchants in a particular town or city; these men might be local or long-distance traders, wholesale or retail sellers, and might deal in various categories of goods.
Manifest Destiny. Americans thought they owned everything, they kicked them out pretty much