He had heard there was large amount of Gold in Mexico. The Aztecs might have immediately attacked and defeated Cortes.
It was surrounded by water which created a sort of natural moat which gave it a huge defensive advantage
Joining the League of Nations would be like signing a blank cheque - America didn't want to have to ship its troops half way across the world for disputes that didn't concern them. It didn't want to risk its economy or any more American lives after the losses of WW1. The Republicans wanted to return to Isolationism - being an independent country and not involving itself in other countries affairs. <span>America also strongly disagreed with the Treaty of Versailles.</span>
Answer: Although at the early stages of the Roman Republic the aristocracy (patricians) dominated politics, as time passed, they started having the same political power as plebeians (patricians with no <em>gens</em>).
Even though they were both politically equal, patricians still had more social recognition and more wealth than plebeians, so they ended up buying control and influence over elected leaders.
