Portugal was the first independent nation
He drafted soldiers and raised taxes making himself less popular, underestimated the power of nationalism, and lost most of his army in Russia.
All of them are good answers but it would have to be the second quote because it gave them access to trade with China and they don’t have to fight over who gets to trade with China
Explanation:
Political socialization is the "process by which individuals learn and frequently internalize a political lens framing their perceptions of how power is arranged and how the world around them is (and should be) organized; those perceptions, in turn, shape and define individuals' definitions of who they are and how they