here several things that fruit merchants and the u.s. foreign-policy makers have in common:
They both participated in economic imperialism.
They both wanted to control the market they were in, to be the exclusive provider of product/policy.
They both used economic power to spread US influence abroad.
All of the thins above,were being done in order to obtain the maximum profit for themselves from all of their operations
They basically wanted them off "their" lands and they despised the native Americans and really didn't care for the natives .they put them on a reserve and let them live their.<span />
Answer:
A.) It helped them find their way to new countries by land and water
Trees and fish, these were the two most important.
