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The Portuguese were using enslaved Africans on sugar plantations in Madeira, a Portuguese island off the west coast of Africa, by 1460. They built the first slave fort in 1481, on the coast of modern Ghana. This was Elmina Castle, the headquarters of the Portuguese slave traders. They were trading slaves for goods.
Explanation:
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Maintain army and a navy, coin money, make treaties with foreign nations and raise taxes
The correct answer should be A. By strengthening the powers of the US national government
The idea was having a strong centralized government that was based around US ideals and values.