1) Santa Anna had signed a treaty to grant Texas independence and Mexico refused to accept this treaty.
2) Texas was bankrupt.
3) Comanches and Indian groups threatened attack smaller Texan communities.
Because that’s just the way it is
The Big Stick Diplomacy was implemented by Theodore Roosevelt and was a policy of intervenience in Latin American affairs because in the American view those countries could not keep their affairs in order.
The Dollar Diplomacy adopted by President Taft that promoted the American business interests abroad by replacing military alliances with economic ties, increasing American influences and securing lasting peace.
Both Diplomacies had problems but historians say that Roosevelt’s Big Stick was more successful overall because it resulted in more benefits than failures. The other two diplomacies increased hostility in Latin America and in Asia that eventually influenced the Alliances in WWI.
The best option from the list would be "<span>restrictions on colonial trade", although the much larger issue was that the colonies did not have representation in Parliament. </span>
Answer:
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
