International influence, also they had just defeated Spain when they begun having imperial ambitions, therefore they may want to fill that gap
Answer: Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war.
YEARS IN EMPIRE MODERN COUNTRY % CORRECT
1847-1848 Mexico
93.4%
1776-Present Day United States of America
92.5%
1899-Present Day Cuba
92.3%
1945-1972 Japan
89.6%
1945-1990 Germany
88.7%
1898-1946 Philippines
85.2%
1944-1945 France
81.4%
1903-1999 Panama
77.5%
1845-1863 China
75.5%
1945-1948 South Korea
74.1%
2003-2004 Iraq
73.4%
1914-1995 Haiti
72.3%
1943-1947 Italy
70%
1945-1955 Austria
68%
YEARS IN EMPIRE MODERN COUNTRY % CORRECT
1903-1924 Dominican Republic
67%
1776 Bahamas
64.1%
1944-1990 Marshall Islands
61.1%
1950 North Korea
60.8%
1894-1971 Nicaragua
57%
1944-1990 Micronesia
56.6%
1983 Grenada
55.7%
1944-1994 Palau
53.7%
1942-1945 Netherlands
52.6%
1863-1972 Honduras
52.2%
1942-1944 Iceland
47.5%
1938-1979 Kiribati
41.5%
1944-1945 Papua New Guinea
34.3%
1941-1945 Suriname
18%