Because the British government was taxing them heavily.
O'Sullivan argued that American expansion and imperialism was justified because <span>A) gaining new territory would allow democracy to spread throughout the continent.
He says in the quote that "</span><span>Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us," so you can see they wanted to spread their ideologies throughout the country. </span>
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Explanation: The American Civil War preserved the Union and freed the slaves. However, during Reconstruction, a lack of political focus on the effort failed to solve the sectional wounds, and the elimination of the freed slaves' newly gained civil liberties failed to bring about long-term racial integration.
A, "I think, therefore I am".
This is a quote from Descartes' book the Discourse on Method.