Answer:
Not many other than france, italy,germany, netherlands the UK and belgium
The correct answer is true.
Answer:
They took American sailors and sunk trading ships.
Explanation:
During the 1800s Americans and British were at war, and Britain didn't want America to have help so they sunk the trading ships.
Europe is the correct answer i think
Many nations wanted to find the U.S passage, because they wanted to find a quicker route to Asia. They thought going around Africa was way too long and going across the Mediterranean Sea was too expensive and risky. They thought that sailing west would get them to Asia in no time. In reality, it was North America and they would have to go much farther in order to get to Asia, but they did not know that back then.