The early goal of Portugal during the Age of Exploration was to look for a naval route going to India. The land routes were blocked by the Ottoman Empire which hindered the trade in the Far East. India was then considered the Portuguese state and it was founded six years after the Portuguese explorers found the route to India.
Consumers benefit from perfect competition because the produce they are buying slowly drops in price. When two companies fight and try to get the most sales they tend to lower their prices so that more people will go to them instead of the competition.
<span>B) Great Britain's defeat in the American Revolution.
The Treaty of Paris (1783) ceded these lands after the American Revolution.</span>
