Why Didn't Great Britain Support the Rest of the European

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why didn't Great Britain support the rest of the European continent in their Latin American policies?

• A) Independent Latin American countries offered better economic opportunities for British products.
• B) Great Britain didn't want to lose its colonies in Africa, so it opposed any independent colonies in Latin America.
• C) Great Britain hoped to re-colonize most of the Latin American nations once the Spanish and Portuguese were kicked out.
• D) Great Britain had learned that colonial wars were expensive and impossible to win.
• E) Great Britain respected Latin American nations' rights.

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