Answer:
The new world meant Evangelization opportunities, Expansion not only for The countries but for the Catholic religion.
Explanation:
During the Age of discovery(15th-17th century), the catholic church was very interested in this new land, and catholic missions were sent to spread the Christianism and convert the Natives of the Americas.
The reason behind this evangelization process is that for Portugal and Spain Empires the religion was an integral part in their country, Religion ruled these countries at such rates that they even controlled the decisions being made in the empires with the Patronato, a system by the catholic church that permitted the actions made by the kings. The state responded to the Holy See. So the catholic Church viewed this new colonies as a way of expanding their religion to natives that were beleived to be lesser beings in need of enlightment from the holy church.
The u.s new an attack was coming but they didn't know when, as a result they were unprepared and lost a lot of their stuff
Answer:
World War I was the first time since the Berlin Conference of 1884 that European colonial powers fought each other on a large scale, and not over issues related to their respective colonies.
This situation implied a general weakening of the European powers, which neglected the affairs of their colonies to dedicate their efforts to solve the war and the well-being of their nations. Therefore, this caused the colonial powers to lose power in Africa, thus starting anti-colonial movements that deepened after the Second World War. In addition, in the war itself, many countries, such as Germany, lost their colonies to other nations, which caused the inhabitants of the colonies themselves to lose a sense of belonging to their colonizers.
