Both Republican candidates, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, received 73 electoral votes. (See map: Courtesy of practicallyhistorical.net) The major reason was that the Federalist party had angered some Americans with the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Also, the 12th amendment had not yet been added to the Constitution, so a procedure for this situation had not yet been established. Therefore, after much politicking and being deadlocked for 7 days, the House of Representatives finally chose Thomas Jefferson as the 3rd president.
Answer: C. Europeans began to search for a water-based trade route to Asia.
Explanation:
Before the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, the Europeans used it to access Asia via the Silk Road. With the conquest of the city, Europeans did not want to go through Muslim Ottoman held territories and so had to find a water-based route to Asia to continue trade.
This was accomplished in 1499 when Vasco da Gama reached India via the ocean and heralded a new age in sea exploration.
answer: no
explanation: he wasn't the one to find it first the native Americans were