May I ask your age and were u r from an may I also say u look beautiful in ur pic
Answer: Because New Orleans was a very important trading port. ... The New Orleans was very important for importing and exporting goods;Mississippi River was a major transportation for settlers and good to ship items east.
Explanation:
In Puerto Rico it was useful, in Cuba not so much. Cubans perceived the outcome as occupation and didn't want to have United States occupation in their country. Puerto-Ricans had a form of a civilian government with independence and Puerto-rican citizenship but the country belonged to US.
