Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
To keep European's from creating any more colonies in the Americas. If the European did form any more colonies, the US would see it as an act of aggression.
<span>if Parliament had allowed the colonists to rule and tax themselves, i</span>t unquestionably would have put off the Revolution. One can think whether the Revolution would even happen, or would they just in the long run be permitted to end up just free with no battling like numerous different nations got their freedom politically and not by taking up arms.