<u><em>The fur trade industry was the colony’s economic salvation</em></u>. For the first few years that the colony existed, the colonists struggled to make enough money to pay the investors back. In fact, they had to ask for more money just to keep the colony running and by the mid to late 1620s, they were deeply in debt to the investors.
<u>To help pay down the debt they still owed</u>, the colonists established a beaver fur trading base in Kennebec, Maine by 1625.
<u>This fur trading business was very successful for the colonists and quickly became an essential part of their economy</u>. Their success in this trade continued well into the 1630s and 1640s..
<span>The correct answer is C-railroads made resources and products easier to transport. People could transport their products much faster across the land which was important because for example you could transport food or produce before it gets spoiled which was not a possiblity before because it travelled slowly.</span>
The restoration of Chinese rule, the voyages of Zheng he, and the reintroduction of civil service examinations are all associated with the rise of nationalism, among other things.
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
