Answer:
hard to maintain
Explanation:
because his empire spanned across an ocean it made it hard for his subjects to be directly under him, and hard to maintain a tight grasp on his empire, making the enforcement of catholicism harder as well
<span>The treaty was signed on June 15, 1846,
ending the joint occupation with Great Britain and making most
Oregonians below the 49th parallel American citizens. ... When the
Colony of British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, the 49th Parallel and
marine boundaries established by the Oregon Treaty became the Canada–US border.</span>
