To be able to claim it was still one country
Answer:
A. The colonies began fighting against Britain.
<span>Competition over wealth and resources--under the theory of mercantilism it was believed there was a limited amount of wealth in the world and power was given to the country that held the most wealth.
Power and wealth are connected under the mercantilism theory. If there is only so much wealth in the world and a country must hold the most wealth to have the most power, then countries would be willing to fight each other for wealth. During the late 15th and early 15th centuries, this theory drove European countries to create colonies and trade connections with Asian Empires. In doing this they believed they were gaining power through the wealth of land and resources.</span>
They hoped immigrants would overcome the prejudices of nativism was a hope of people who worked in settlement houses.
Option A
<u>Explanation:</u>
The hope of people who lived in the settlement house was to share knowledge and culture with the natives. This was the movement in the 1880’s. The motive of this settlement movement was to decrease the level of inequality in poor and rich.
In the settlement house they lived together and get services like education, sharing culture, and medical treatments etc. this movement started the social initiatives working for lower and poor income people. This was for development of lower class.
It's option D ....))))) hope I helped