The American colonies<span> chose to </span>declare independence<span> from Great </span>Britain<span> for many</span>reasons<span>. They believed the </span>British<span> were treating the </span>colonists<span> unfairly. The </span>British<span>passed many tax laws that impacted the </span>colonists<span>. The </span>colonists<span> had no representatives in Parliament to vote on or discuss these laws.</span>
He meant that there was a limit of land Spain had the ability it could control, rather than the amount it could actually be successful controlling, instead of it falling apart.