It was unthinkable that a person in western Europe could be other than a devout Catholic. He, Columbus, was motivated by religion in his voyages. The natives he met were required, on pain of death, to become Christians.
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Answer:
Under the Guatemalan dictator Jorge. Ubico, the United Fruit Company gained control of 42% of Guatemala's land, and was exempted from paying taxes.
Explanation:
Two factors that contributed to America's expansion of territory after the Revolutionary War are;
1. An increase in population - In 1800 the population were 5.3 million and in 1850 the population increased to 23.2 million. For this reason expansion of the territory was required to facilitate the population.
2. Manifest Destiny - this is the ideology that it was the destiny of American people to populate the entire country.