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the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, it is usually an annual percentage of the loan outstanding.
Explanation:
Answer: Moving their goods down river to the Mississippi, to New Orleans, and then by sea to the cities on the Eastern Seaboard was cheaper and actually easier which made it a popular location for trade and to build cities . Also The Mississippi River provided water source to the people whom lived in the area.
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if im not mistaken the explorers wanted to find a "faster" way to get there so they spread trying to find it
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