Correct answer: C) France
North America is a continent geographically. It is not all under a single government.
Los Angeles has significant population and some territorial size, but its city government is not sovereign. It is under a state government (California) and a national government (the United States).
Similarly, Texas -- at this point in history -- is not independently sovereign, but is one of the 50 states that make up the USA as a true state with all the characteristics listed. There was a time in Texas' history when it was a sovereign state on its own -- during the years of the Republic of Texas, which existed from 1836 to 1846.
"Guns" were not an African good traded in exchange for European goods, since Africa did not have the factories need to assemble the guns, which were instead made in Europe.
Answer:
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Explanation:
trans-atlantic trade promoted colonies since colonial powers could now use foreign nations as a trading post and get cheaper, government-subsidized products by colonizing places with different exports. Mercantilism promotes imperialism, tariffs and subsidies on traded goods to achieve peak economical strength, so it's no surprise imperialist powers used tariffs on colonists and subsidies on colonial goods in their home countries! Also, mercantilism promotes exports and minimizes imports (sound familiar? colonies were sort of puppet organizations of a larger empire, where the colonies would just export goods the empire wanted to trade with or buy cheaper).
By Power Checks and Balances, no branch should have enough power to unbalance another.
