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The spirit of Liberalism or the spirit of Unity perhaps. Both liberalism and unity among nations were at first the main post ww2 ideas but were soon abandoned with many repressive governments found especially in Eastern Europe, as well as the split of Europe into two blocks and the beginning of the cold war.
A king has criminals in his country publicly executed to scare others into obeying the law
Answer:
C. A license.
Explanation:
The king is basically giving them a license to start a colony. It's like how you can't drive a car unless you have a drivers license, but with colonies.
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