Because they were anti-independence. That meeting was to write the Declaration of Independence. <span />
The correct answer should be
<span>mostly in the South
The far west did not yet exist at the time because parts of it were not yet colonized. North was against it but not as much as during the civil war era. Southerners had plantations of things like cotton or of crops that needed workers so they used slaves.</span>
The answer is B: The opportunity to expand Spain's territory and spread Christianity.
Spain was eager for new resources of wealth and to spread Christianity on their new lands.
