The Europeans wanted economic gain sorry that is all my brian could rake up.
Freedom of press is important because it allows a person to talk about the government both positive and negatively without getting a punishment.
Example:
President John Adams once put out a law where if a citizen talks bad about the government they would be punished. That violated their rights of saying what they wanted.
<span>The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War
II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc
from wikipeadia
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He conquered almost everything in his time.