1. Throughout history, trade has been a necessary thing. They wanted to expand their trade in Africa, the Indian Ocean, and India.
2. Back then, there was no way of knowing the exact size of the earth. Maps were not the same, there was no GPS. The earth was bigger around than he had calculated.
3. I think, the Dutch failed to compete with the Portuguese and could not enforce a monopoly over the Spice Islands.
I hope this helps!
Victor Emmanuel II (Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 March 1861. At that point, he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878. The Italians gave him the epithet of Father of the Fatherland
Answer:
The kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30,1854.
Explanation:
Whilst Liberalism is founded on ideas of freedom, equality and liberty. Social Democracy is the best balance of freedom and equality because it promotes social justice in a capitalist economy and a liberal democratic view. Also, communism has, historically, a poor reputation for freedom and equality. For example, China and North Korea are current communist countries and Russia previously was a communist country after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
