The Counter-Reformation was successful in certain areas. For instance, it was largely able to eliminate the spread of Protestantism in Austria and France. These two areas had large numbers of Protestants during the Reformation, but their numbers had severely dwindled by the end of the Thirty Years' War.
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all of the above is right
Americans who advocated annexation evinced a variety of motivations: desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power (such as Germany or Japan) might do so.
This was because of there location and natural resources.
