C. It persuaded France and Spain to become allies. The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 is considered a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. Before the battle, the continental army rarely engaged in open battles with the British, instead using guerrilla tactics and secret ambushes in skirmish fights in the beginning of the war. The continental army needed foreign aid if it wanted to win the war against the much more professionally organized British army. France and Spain were rivals with Britain, but needed proof that the colonists may take on the British army in an open battle if it wanted to join the war on the colonists' side. The continental army had the opportunity to do so at the Battle of Saratoga in upstate New York, and successfully drove back British forces from Canada in open combat, allowing the French and Spanish to join the war against Britain.
They ended the attacks of the Barbary pirates. They arranged the purchase of the Louisiana territory
Answer:
Great Britain
Explanation:
At the beginning of the Great War, the United States were trading with Great Britain. Eventually the United States said that they wouldn't help any belligerent in the war, but still somewhat discreetly traded with Great Britain and gave them weapons. It wasn't until I believe the Zimmerman Telegram that was supposedly sent from Germany to Mexico where Germany was asking Mexico to go to war with the United States to reclaim their lost land and stall any United States advance into Europe, that the United States got involved in the war. The Zimmerman Telegram is a widely disputed issue in the realm of WW1. As for your original question though, I believe the correct answer is they were trading profitably with Great Britain. Hope this helped!
-Kirito
The correct answer is option C. "They were important centers of trade with the East and the Byzantine Empire". Italian city-states were prosperous as they served as centers of trade of the Byzantine Empire with the rest of the world in the East. The italian states seized the opportunity of making profits from the transport and sale of goods from one end of the known world to the other.
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