There were many ways varying from plain sabotage where they claimed that the Portuguese merchants were thieves, up to more controversial means such as ordering their assassinations and telling the king that he should have them killed because they didn't give him presents and plan to enrich their wealth at his expense.
The answer is option 4: <u>He believed in the absolute power of kings.</u>
The England King James I (who ruled from 1603 to1625) clashed with the Parliament's ideas several times for his persistent belief in the absolute power of kings, justified for their divine right, which enabled him to rule over all their subjects without interference from anyone. Instead, the Parliament believed that the King must not rule alone, doing all that he pleased.
They both had very different views on how royal finances had to be handled as well as foreign affairs, for example, the Parliament members held that tax collection was an issue that had to be approved by them in order to improve the crown's finances, which had been seriously weakened by the long war with Spain (1585-1604), as for James I, he wanted to collect the taxes on his own, whose purpose wasn't only to improve the government but also to over-spend on his luxury way of living.
Answer:
The main goal was to secure commercial and trade links with African societies and protect those links from from other European competitors. And to facilitate the acquisition of as much foreign territory as possible, both as a source of raw materials and in order to provide real or potential markets for British manufactures.
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21. The Tet Offensive was a strategic blow for the U.S because it showed the communists did not lose the will to fight. Therefore the answer is B. The offensive was a surprise attack and was large in numbers.
For 22. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon oversaw the conflict. Therefore the answer is C. Dwight E. Eisenhower was never a president.
