<span>Spain seemed to be the most likely to take total control of the land where the new colonies were to form. They had the strongest armed forces, had the most money, and were some of the best at going to new lands and conquering the indigenous peoples who were already living there, as noted by their conquests in Mexico in the previous years.</span>
Samuel Gompers was most associated with being the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) which was one of the biggest unions in the 1800s.