The nation's of Europe would hate to have another Europe state be the dominant political power
For the USA it expanded from the Atlantic to Pacific with no foreign rivals on the continent
Also with new technologies such as the railways, phones, telegraphs and other technologies
Means the USA will have a more or less united culture and politics with that nation not having a civil war even with its size since 1860s
Europe states have been at each other throat's since 1494 with the start of the Italian Wars or since the end of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD
For England they would be better going with the USA and other Anglo-Saxon cultures what I mean is the English speaking people's