The thirteen colonial colonies were the first colonies of the United States but they were Great Britain's colonies until they declared independence. They were New york, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, West Virginia, Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia(No, I did not copy and paste)
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a. Spain
b. black sea
c. Baghdad
d. Damascus
e. strait of Gibraltar
f. Mediterranean sea
g. mecca
h. Constantinople
j. peninsula
k. red sea
Because a pandemic(unlike and epidemic, which is more provincial) reaches around an entire nation and/or continent. Obviously, a nationwide sickness would be terrible for a newly developing nation trying to get on its feet for the first time. It’s just more unnecessary work for the new nation to deal with. Hope this helps!
C is the answer to the question