Why didn't Britain try to colonize Latin America?
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Well, Britain supported the Monroe Doctrine because they didn't want Spain to reconquer its empire in the Americas, but why didn't Britain want to colonize it?
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Answer:
They wanted but they had to do it when the spanish people did, in the 1500s when they tried it was already to late, countries in latin amererica were better organized, so all great britain could do was to help them so they could built a better trade, because under the spanish power, the americas could only make trades with Spain.
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I think they wanted, but failed!
Che Qiuqun
'Managing' India and the other countries was enough for them.
Dezzy333
There is a strong influence of British colonization in parts of the America's including the islands in the Atlantic. Also Belize was colonized by Britain and they just recently gained their independence in the mid 1980's. The Atlantic side of Nicaragua was colonized by the British and even though Nicaragua is totally independent of both Spain and Britain, the Atlantic side of Nicaragua still has British roots and ties to Britain. In emergency cases, i.e., hurricanes, famine, Britain always sends a ship or aid to the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and many there fly British flags.
Pinolera
Do you mean after Spain lost its colonies there or at an earlier stage? At an earlier stage, I assume Spain had already conquered most before England/Britain became more powerful than Spain, so England then chose to focus on North America. Later on, Britain probably preferred other areas that were more easy to conquer. Beside there were also other ways than direct territorial conquest to gain influence.
Eivind
we colonised belize in central america, british guyana and suriname, which we traded with the dutch for new amsterdam (new york)
Some Guy In A Bush
well britain colonized a country called guyana in south america
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