The above answer is INCORRECT, at least according to Plato and a quick wikipedia article about Freud's thoughts of human behavior. He thought human behavior was IRRATIONAL, not largely rational. Everything else with the above answer is correct besides this part.
As the sponsor of Christopher Columbus's voyages, Spain was the first European power to settle and colonize the largest areas, from North America and the Caribbean to the southern tip of South America.
Answer: He believed that disenfranchised groups should support each other
Explanation: rederick Douglass's lifelong commitment to women's rights reflected a belief that rights should be universal, not limited by race or gender.
I got three for ya
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1.) The gold rush caused California's population to increase dramatically;
2.) it brought people from many different backgrounds to California; it made California more democratic because people were more equal in mining communities;
3.) it caused Native Americans and Californios to lose their land