The French had set up trading posts in the Louisiana Territory and traded goods using the Mississippi River as transportation. The river leads into the ocean, specifically in New Orleans. New Orleans was a major port used to transport goods from the Louisiana Territory back to Europe.
They ate the same food every day
May 1961: President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong.
November 1963: President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
February 1965: President Johnson orders the bombing of targets in North Vietnam in Operation Flaming Dart in retaliation for a Viet Cong raid at the U.S. base in the city of Pleiku and at a nearby helicopter base at Camp Holloway.
July 1965: President Johnson calls for 50,000 more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35,000 each month.
1966: U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000. 1967: U.S. troop numbers stationed in Vietnam increase to 500,000.
February 1967: U.S. aircraft bomb Haiphong Harbor and North Vietnamese airfields.
March 1968: President Johnson halts bombing in Vietnam north of the 20th parallel.
November 1968: Republican Richard M. Nixon wins the U.S. presidential elections on the campaign promises to restore “law and order” and to end the draft.
December 1972: President Nixon orders the launch of the most intense air offense of the war in Operation Linebacker.
Answer:
B. The Portuguese changed the way slaves were traded in order to make a larger profit.
Explanation:
When the Portuguese first explored the African coasts, they were looking for a route to Asia in order to trade. They were also looking for valuable resources like gold or silver. However, they did not find many. For this reason, they brokered alliances with some African nations, which sold slaves to the Portuguese in exchange for a small profit.
The Portuguese then took the slaves to Portuguese colonies, mainly Brazil, and also resold the slaves to other European Powers like Spain and France.
C most slaves went to South America
