The Magna Carta was first in 1251. Columbus discovered america in 1492.
Answer: Their rivalry with Britain and the Enlightenment ideas of the population
Explanation:
The French and the British were rivals at the time of the American revolution especially after the culmination of the Seven Year War which saw the British emerge as Europe's strongest naval and colonial power. France therefore wanted to weaken the British and their influence and so saw the American Revolution as a way to do so.
At the same time, the common population of France also supported the revolution because they were believers in the ideas of Enlightenment which called for the liberty and freedom of all men. With the support of both the people and the Government, France was therefore made a very likely candidate for foreign aid to the Patriots.
The Revolution was quite expensive for France however and was one of the reason the monarchy was overthrown a some years after the Revolution.
The only amendment that has been repealed is prohibition.
It was repealed because it was hugely unpopular, totally ineffective and a large factor in increasing the power of the Mafia in the USA.
It was passed in the first place because of misguided nonsense paraded by well-meaning moralistic busybodies.
<span>Sort of like the war on the (rest of) drugs .... except many of those are still illegal and they were not part of a constitutional amendment.</span>
<u>The correct answer is: D) to claim new lands for natural resources
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The European capitalist powers like England, the Netherlands and Belgium need to look for raw materials for their industries. The economy that was based on polyculture was replaced by the monoculture regime. Imperialism had a territorial domain of colonized areas. It is necessary to exploit new territories for the supply of raw materials and the export of goods from European states.
