In the mid-17th century of Britain, the Navigation Acts was established.
<span>These acts was made mainly for safeguarding English shipping, and ensuring profit from the colonies. </span>
<span>The British Government added many taxes such as Tea Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, etc. without allowing the participation of the Thirteen colonies. </span>
Lords/Kings they control the the land and split it up Kings had rule under all land they owned.
William Howard Taft is considered a "Trustbuster" because he administered over 70 antitrust suits against companies. He used the rule of law to solve many societal problems.
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.