Spain set up the most amount of colonies, ranging from around the center of South America to about the present day US-Canadian border
The goal was to stop the spread of Communism.
(Look into Domino Theory.)
Answer: Then United states would not have won it's independence from mexico, and their would still be deporting Mexicans. And, there would also be slaves still in the United States, working for Mexico.
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it was a sign of weakness so others could attack
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