<span>Two major themes of this speech were the idea that isolationism was impossible and the idea that all Americans were pulling together (and needed to continue to do so) to face a moment of crisis.
You can decide which one you like. :)
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The Industrial Revolution led Europeans to have better military weapons and this allowed small European armies to defeat larger African and Asian forcer when invading territory. This made possible the colonization of the African continent.
When they started to build an empire around the Mediterranean but wasn't until about the 6th century I believe. Hope I helped
I believe the answer would be number one because pirates were a big deal back then