C. Union Pacific Railroad
Answer:
The Spanish at first viewed the Philippines as a stepping-stone to the riches of the East Indies (Spice Islands), but, even after the Portuguese and Dutch had foreclosed that possibility, the Spanish still maintained their presence in the archipelago
The answer is B
When you read the passage, you see everything is uplifting. Everything they are saying is nice. Looking at your answer choices you can see that when anyone encourages anyone/anything they use nice words and things like that. Therefore your answer is B
Due to no answer choices im not able to help but would be happy to
A is definitely the right answer
