In 1628, a group of Puritans formed the New England Company. The King of England gave them a charter to make a settlement along the Massachusetts Bay. The first group of Puritan settlers was led by John Endecott. They began the settlement Salem, Massachusetts.
the telegraph was being forgotten with better technology
The relationship between the United States and Latin America was limited in the late 1800's, although there was some contact because of wars where the U.S stepped in, like the short Spanish–American War of 1898.