The cricket part is mostly correct, but overlooks the common system of spread: colonial influence. Cricket became popular there because the British took it there. If the British were already there, America probably wasn’t trying to exude their influence on the place.
Japan, China, and Korea exploded baseball after the war, during American occupation.
The Spanish American war started because the US was trying to protect their interests and influence in Cuba.
After the revolution in Cuba, sugar cane production for the United States moved to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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To piggy back off both of these answers:
It absolutely has to do with American expansion.
The cricket part is mostly correct, but overlooks the common system of spread: colonial influence. Cricket became popular there because the British took it there. If the British were already there, America probably wasn’t trying to exude their influence on the place.
Japan, China, and Korea exploded baseball after the war, during American occupation.
The Spanish American war started because the US was trying to protect their interests and influence in Cuba.
After the revolution in Cuba, sugar cane production for the United States moved to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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