I am unable to see the exact choices you are supplied with, but frank refers to saying or establishing something sincerely and bluntly.
I believe the answer is:
<span>to reveal past contributions of civilizations
to connect the past to the present
to recognize patterns
By knowing all the things above, future society could learn from the past society and started to make efforts to prevent the bad decision that made in the past from reoccurring. This would help the society to continue developing without facing unnecessary setbacks.</span>
Well the first English settlement was really Roanoke, however it was not successful. The first successful one would be the new Virginia colony, later known as Jamestown;)
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "D Africans were generally able to hide from or defend themselves against Europeans." Europeans generally buy slaves from slave traders rather than capturing the slaves themselves because D Africans were generally able to hide from or defend themselves against Europeans.<span>
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