Answer: The Mayflower Compact created laws for Mayflower Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims alike for the good of their new colony. It was a short document which established that: the colonists would remain loyal subjects to King James, despite their need for self-governance.
Explanation:
The United States wanted to seek to become a world power in the 1890s because white Americans felt that they had a duty to spread democracy and Christianity aka called "The White Mans Burden."
One of the main reasons why trade in West Africa was so important is because this was the "hub" of the African part of the Triangle Trade--meaning that a large majority of the slaves used in the New World came from West Africa.