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To: Riskmgmt who wrote (88562)	8/19/2018 10:33:40 PM
From: Mrjns	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 456260

As to France and Spain not sure what we took from them Montesquieu and his book “ The Spirit of the Laws”. Big influence on Jefferson and other Founding Fathers in drafting the Constitution, especially separation of powers.

To: Riskmgmt who wrote (88562)	8/20/2018 2:23:56 AM
From: Woody_Nickels	2 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee Thehammer Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 456260

Well, we bought Louisiana from the French and won Texas, 1/2 of Calif. and the Southwest from Mexico in a border war. We also won the Phillipines, Cuba, Porto Rico and a little more from Spain in 1898, but we didn't keep most of the territory. The US isn't really Colonialist, like England, Spain and France.