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- When was the Plymouth Colony founded?
- What swayed many American's view of the Cuban Rebellion in favor of the rebels?
- What was the U.S.'s main interest in Asia?
- What nation started building the Panama Canal?
- Who was sent to attack a Spanish fleet in the Phillippines?
- What Island is taken for the U.S. on the way to the Phillaphines?
- On what two fronts was the Spanish-American War fought?
- What were the last remaining Spanish Colonies in the Western hemisphere?
- What president sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba?
- Who did Americans blame for the U.S.S. Maine explosion?
- How long did it take for John White to return to Roanoke?
- Who formed the Massachusetts Bay Company?
- Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?
- Where was the first place in America where people of all faiths could worship freely?
- What was chosen to be the first permanent English colony?
- to protect us citizens and investments abroad and create naval bases and military bases around the world
- maximize profits, create overseas markets for american products, promote trade in far east, obtain natural resources, and choke point(american base to replenish supplies)
- the Spanish American war triggered a need for a military naval base and the us was already looking to annex Hawaii
- a canal would give the navy more mobility. a waterway would make the defense of recent acquisitions easier. it would help shipping costs for American business
- ethnocentrism(belief that your ethnic group is superior to all others) and spread democracy and Christianity around the world