Through trade and spreading their empires by buying or conquering peoples land
Answer: A
Explanation:
Remember the Virginia plan was to base it off population whereas the New Jersey plan wanted to base it off equal representation. The great compromise between the two lead to the senate being based off equal representation and the house being based off of population.
John Hancock, who was one of the wealthiest men in America at the time inherited his business from his uncle who was a mercantile businessman. He became a merchant, statesman, and served as a president of the Second Continental Congress amongst many other positions within that included Governor of Massachusetts.
I believe this would be segreation.
This is a very sad thing that went on and can still continue to go on when the whites were segregated from the blacks.
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