There were many of them. Spain was divided from the English colonies with the desert in the south west region. There were also mountains in the west as well as in the east and north. lakes and forests also separated northern colonies from others. The Caribbean separated the middle part in case anyone wanted to go from one continent to the other by sea.
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No. At first it wasn't and then slowly they started to realize how bad it was and created laws and etc to protect the working class.
The second industrial revolution resulted in better government