C is the answer
There were 5 border states. Each one had slaves, but didn't secede during the civil war.
I guess there should be options to choose. Anyway, I know that the answer is: Christopher Columbus planned to find a more direct route to Asia by <span>sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean</span>. He convinced Spanish government to finance a plan to find a rout to Asia through the west across Atlantic. He reached the Caribbean but he thought that he reached West Indies island. This is how European colonization of America began.
Is this a trick question? Explain more.
True.
<span>These colonies did become separate. They were both claimed by different countries and groups of people from the start.</span>