The Line of Demarcation between Portugal and Spain was very unfair because Portugal got less land.
<h3>What was the line of demarcation?</h3>
This was an agreement that was signed between Spain and Portugal in order to forestall any conflict arising from either of them fighting for land in the New World.
The Line of Demarcation gave Portugal all the land to the East and gave Spain the land to the West. This was unfair to the Portuguese who ended up getting only Brazil while the Spanish got most of South America and the gold and wealth that came with it.
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The British victory in the French and Indian War<span> had a great impact on the British Empire. Firstly, it meant a great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World. But the cost of the </span>war<span> had greatly enlarged Britain's debt. ... The </span>war<span> had an equally profound but very different effect on the </span>American colonists<span>.</span>
I think he uses a metaphor about africa being a cake and he wants a piece of it, like the rest of of the european powers
Public pressure- states tried to regulate RR & trusts and SC ruled unconstitutional
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890- attempt by congress to appease country; had little impact
McKinley Tariff 1890- highest protective tariff every; didn’t really prevent monopolies and angered public
Interstate Commerce Act-1887-banned discrimination in rates between long and short hauls, required that RR publish their rate schedules and file them with the gov’t
Due to pressure by the American people to regulate corrupt businesses and monopolies congress passed several acts that limited particular industries, however these acts had little practical effect.
