I wouldn't say Rome's navy was "terrible" at the time of the first Punic War, but Rome had needed to do much catching up in order to compete with the Carthaginian navy. The Romans in Italy were originally a land-based, agrarian society. When they did put together a navy, it was mostly for combating piracy, not naval warfare.
Because of the threat posed by Carthage, Rome spent a decade or two building up its naval fleet, and in the First Punic War were able to score victories at sea over the famed Carthage navy - for instance, at the Battle of Mylae (260 BC) and the Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC).
During the colonial era, Britain and its colonies engaged in a “triangular trade,” ... Although the British government attempted to control colonial trade
This excerpt is in Passage 1. According to researches, this excerpt describes the effects of the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange most affected Europeans through significant population growth and economic development in many parts of Europe.
Explanation:Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.
