The first one is the answer ;)
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It's common for owners of small and start-up businesses to look to relatives and friends for support when they need additional business funding.
It helped stimulate trade
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The phrase means that European powers should leave the continent, allow Africans to become independent nations and refrain from interfering in their economy. It was a claim similar to the Monroe Doctrine: Africans don't interfere in Europe, Europeans shouldn't interfere with Africa.
