I dont know for sure but i think its B-<span>The empire's boarders were expanded.</span>
The Northwest Passage is a sea route<span> connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ... Explorers </span>thought<span> that an open </span>water route<span> close to the North Pole must exist. ... While searching for </span>him<span> the McClure Arctic Expedition discovered the ... the Northern Sea </span>Route<span>), making it possible to </span>sail around<span>the Arctic ice cap.</span>
B. protection because all kings have knights to protect them and the kingdom.
Is they had too much power thwart would be able to pass laws that aren't beneficial to the states or demand high taxes and it will eventually become a dictatorship.
