WHich city? Theres many of these.
It would be crazy and people would be killed left and right.
No because the war started a year before the declaration of independence was written.
"A" would be the correct answer. Even though the main goal of the voyage was to find a different sea route to Asia. Bartolome and other Portuguese explorer have also made stops along the African coast and started to realize how could of an alternative they would be compared to the Mediterranean trade routes
These are all pretty edgy answers, so I hope I am right xD