1. Throughout history, trade has been a necessary thing. They wanted to expand their trade in Africa, the Indian Ocean, and India.
2. Back then, there was no way of knowing the exact size of the earth. Maps were not the same, there was no GPS. The earth was bigger around than he had calculated.
3. I think, the Dutch failed to compete with the Portuguese and could not enforce a monopoly over the Spice Islands.
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One development was mass secularization. People abandoned the idea of there being a god and turned more and more towards atheistic or agnostic beliefs. This was highly problematic for western thought which was commonly very theistic and its ethics were often based on concepts from religion and with loss of this the western thought was endangered.
Another is that nihilism started developing. Nihilism is the concept that life in itself is meaningless and that there is nothing truly to strive for or do since there is no true meaning to be found in it other than the meaning that we ascribe to it which is not true since it was created by us and not by a higher power.
Another was scientific development of the atoms and theory of atoms. These developments very soon started getting weaponized and this led to the nuclear bombs which put the entire world in a crisis and on the brink of war, not just western thought. This also sparked numerous new ideas regarding ethics and morality.
Another was the development of Freudian psychology and psychoanalysis. This led to a crisis because it explained that people are not truly responsible for what they do but that they are guided by their subconscious and it is not something that we can explain. This led to numerous ideas regarding concepts of free will.
The answer is : Manufacturing
Hamilton wanted the country to be independent and not depend on other countries for goods and foods. so he increased manufacturing the the new country.
The battle of Vicksburg ( May 18 to July 4, 1683 ) was the final military action of the American Civil War. Army of Union was led by General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union army under General Grant.
Answer: You are General Ulysses S. Grant.
Thomas Jefferson is the founder.
