For its own financial gain, not out of altruism.
One of the first major ways the US asserted itself as an independent nation was to issue the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that any further European attempts at colonization in the Americas would result in war.
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You can write your learnings as a numbered list or in paragraph form with ten complete sentences. It should be clear for your teacher to see and understand your ten learnings. You will get 10 points for each correct education.