1. Control of natural resources of colonies
2. The imperialistic nature of hegemony on government (couldn't have power w/o owning colonies)
3. Governments such as Spain, France, and the UK wanted to spread Christianity
4. They wanted to explore and exploit the unknown
Answer:
1.Popular Sovereignty. The principle of popular sovereignty was the basis for every new State constitution.
2.The major features of the articles of confederation were the establishment of the confederation as 'The United States of America', and an explanation of the rights possessed by any state and the amount of power that the state were entitled to.
3.The Federalists wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation because they believed that the structure the Articles laid out did not provide enough power for the federal (or national) government to effectively solve problems.
4.Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government, while taking too much power away from state and local governments. Many felt that the federal government would be too far removed to represent the average citizen.
In this agreement, the Pope established a Line of Demarcation. Both countries came to an agreement that Spain would take all territory/land West of the line and Portugal the East (including part of Brazil) to explore and claim.