No country would mess with South America. As that was what the Monroe Doctrine was it said that the US would protect South America from Europe
The answer should be A: to outlaw monopolies.
The <span>American Revolution was a radical break with the past </span>in the sense that no colony had ever overthrown its colonizing power before, and independence was considered almost impossible. It preserved the status quo in that the Americans actually adopted a form of government that was very similar to the British.