A merchant uses resources found in his own country to make goods to sell in other countries.
These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
In the 16th century, most European countries were busy burning heretics to what they had decreed to be the true religion. There were two exceptions, Portugal and Spain, that were busy discovering new continents.
I doubt most countries had much time left to burn witches.
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At the time the vast majority of the Texian population favored the annexation of the Republic by the United States. His official motivation was to outmaneuver suspected diplomatic efforts by the British government for emancipation of slaves in Texas, which would undermine slavery in the United States..
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