Why did the United States governmnet oppose British Foreign Secretary George Canning's proposed declaration in 1822 that Britain and the United States opposed European intervention in the Americas and tat neither nation would assert any territorial interest in Latin America?
Answer: President Monroe and Secretary of State Adams aspired to the eventual U.S. takeover of parts of the Spanish Empire in North America from Texas to California and perhaps also Cuba.
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A. increased substantially. B. fell. C. remained constant. D. increased, but only by a slim margin.
In the third century CE, the temple of the god of the feathered serpent, ___________ in Nahuatl, was built at Teotihuacán, in honor of the then reigning dynasty.
a. Pulque. b. K'inchi. c. Yucatán. d. Quetzalcoatl.
The starting point for Descartes' philosophical system was
a. reason. b. God. c. doubt. d. the soul. e. faith.
How did the Spanish try to destabilize Carolina’s profitable slave regime?
A) They encouraged slaves to run away. B) They attacked slave ships bound for the colony. C) They plotted with Native American peoples. D) They purchased land in the colony.