The answer is Manifest Destiny.
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During World War II the Spanish State under Francisco Franco espoused neutrality as its official wartime policy. This neutrality wavered at times, "strict neutrality" gave way to "non-belligerence" after the Fall of France in June 1940
according to pbs, Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Lines of latitude and longitude help you locate places on the Earth's surface with greater accuracy because they are measurements of distance in degrees, which can be converted to miles, nautical miles, etc. Finding the distance, for instance, of a place North of the equator and East of the Prime Meridian can give you an exact location.
