Yes! It's a good way to make help your reader be persuaded or to bring new information to the table.
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Empires are going to want more land and riches. Some might have wars against each other over territory. Why did the Spanish turn to enslaved Africans as a labor force in the Americas? European disease wiped out 2/3 of Native America population.
Fear and anxiety because it gives an ominous feeling with the whole “ship trap island”