Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped ... Many Creoles (those of Spanish parentage but who were born in America) felt Bourbon policy to be an unfair ...
To provide food and shelter for the slum-dwelling poor
It was suppose to be unsinkable
It was one of the biggest of the time
In New England, the soil was poor, the land was hilly, and the growing season was short, so the farms were smaller than in the southern colonies. In Southern colonies, the soil was rich, the land was covered in forests, and the growing season was short, so the farms were bigger than in the southern colonies.