I think the answer is A, political.
Answer:C
Explanation:I am leaning towards C the most.
<span>There were quite a few African American slaves that worked on development west of the Trans Appalachian Mountain region. The Appalachian Mountains span a length of over 1000 miles, and many people wanted to try to settle west of them .</span>
However the standard image of southern slavery is that large plantation with hundreds pf slaves. in fact such situations were rare. fully 3/4 of southern whites did not even own slaves; those who did was 88% owned twenty or fewer.
Explorers were fascinated by the artifacts in the New World because they believed that there is a mythical city of gold named El Dorado. They thought that they have found it there. It tickled their imagination and enjoyed that fantasy.