Because the Maine was supposedly carrying supplies to the Cubans.
The major cause of tension was the fact that the Anglo settlers didn't care much for Mexican laws or Mexican culture and just wanted to get their independence. For example, Catholicism was the only religion allowed in Mexico and they practices what they wanted. They didn't even want to learn Spanish or do anything similar.
Here's my answers! Sorry that I'm a bit late!! I got a C+ on my test but it said this was right so yea
He believed if he forced the Natives, there would be no 'parntership' between them.
The monarch was able to maintain absolute control over the society with the addition of feudalism, which involved people being placed into different estates of power, such as: clergy, nobility and peasants.
