Answer:
Greater involvement of the United States in international affairs.
Though the exact details of his life and expeditions are the subject of
debate, John Cabot (or Giovanni Cabot, as he was known in Italian) may
have developed the idea of sailing westward to reach the riches of Asia
while working for a Venetian merchant. By the late 1490s, he was living
in England, and gained a commission from King Henry VII to make an
expedition across the northern Atlantic. He sailed from Bristol in May
1497 and made landfall in late June. The exact site of Cabot’s landing
has not been definitively established; it may have been located in
Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island or southern Labrador. After returning
to England to report his success, Cabot departed on a second expedition
in mid-1498, but is thought to have perished in a shipwreck en route.
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Answer:
In the minds of contemporaries, the Enlightenment laid the groundwork for the Revolution’s most important ideas and agendas. Within two years of its outbreak in 1789, it sparked radical movements in Britain, Haiti, and finally Ireland and Egypt.
Explanation:
Many great European powers had been exploiting China's weak economic system to enforce their own trade regulations for years. The United States simply wanted to join the fray, so the Open Door notes were sent to the European powers basically stating, "Hey, you guys can't own all of China, make sure that all countries get to trade equally with them."
Just as a side note, the Open Door policy with China was extremely hypocritical for the United States, as the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 basically stated that none of the European powers could interfere with the Western Hemisphere... While no one was allowed to touch the Americas, the United States was apparently allowed to mess with the rest of the world.
