Actually most were happy to leave the swamp of trying to force peace onto the ever warring greeks
The louisiana purchase in 1803 doubled the size of america
Well they tried to build more jobs to put people into business but they ended getting layed off because they couldnt afford to pay for their workers and they failed because more and more people lost there jobs
The southern region (the Balkans) was influenced by the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. The north was influenced by Western Europe, and the east was most influenced by Russia.
Competing conquistadors arrived and fighting broke out which killed half the Spanish in 1519. Then later in 1521 European diseases killed most of the Natives which allowed Cortes to lead a brutal attack and succeed.
