The successes of the Scientific Revolution gave people the confidence that human reason could solve social problems. During the Enlightenment, people began to question openly their religious beliefs and the teachings of the church.
Portuguese colonization in the 1400s inaugurated an era of aggressive European expansion across the Atlantic. The Spanish, threatened by the Portuguese monopoly on enslaved Africans and expansion in the Atlantic, started their own colonization project with Christopher Columbus in 1492
The united states wanted to expand their empires
Shrimp are staples of both Louisiana and China's seafood industries. Over the last twenty years, however, China's offering of less expensive shrimp imports has threatened Louisiana's shrimp industry. Louisiana's dining and food sales industry, however, greatly depend on China's inexpensive imported shrimp. For China, Louisiana is one of their biggest customers for frozen, imported shrimp.
