Plymouth "always remained small. After the founding of the [Massachusetts] Bay Colony, its population declined. When in the 1660s it could count three thousand souls within its boundaries, it was still only one-fourth or one-third the size of the Bay Colony." Powers does not give any source for his population estimate of <span>3000.</span>
Answer:
D
Explanation:
It allowed for more spread of information such as news. Before this getting news about distant stories were very hard to come by.
I’m thinking it was the boxer rebellion as that happened not long after the open door policy
