Spain hoped to spread Catholicism in its American colonies. Spain was a very Catholic country at the time and remained very religious for centuries later. One of the main goals of colonization other than taking over and extracting the riches from the countries was to Christianize the population and convert them. This actually proved largely successful as an overwhelming majority of countries who were colonized by the Spanish identify as Catholic or a Christian denomination.
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formed militias to respond to the control
Declaration of what? united states? to reunite the states
1] Isolationism - a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Intervention - the action or process of intervening.
Imperialism - a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
2] Building the Panama Canal, 1903 - 1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long term US goal - a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
