The Renaissance began in Europe.<span />
Eugene Debs became a socialist in 1897 while c) serving time in jail. He was incarcerated after he was complicit with the Pullman Strike and he read various social works and became a more radicalized social worker than when he had gone into jail. This was when he became a founding member of three different American socialist parties.
The correct matches are:
- United States - Philippines;
- France - Indochina;
- Great Britain - Singapore;
- The Netherlands - Indonesia;
All four countries had had multiple colonies across the world. While the three European countries had a longer history in colonialism, the United States were new on that scene.
The United States managed to make colonies out of the island nations in the Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines.
France occupied most of Indochina (apart from Siam), and was using lot of the resources of the region.
Great Britain played tactically with taking over Singapore as it had an excellent strategic position.
The Netherlands, even though very often evaded the prospect of colonizing, they saw a big opportunity for making a large profit from the Indonesian Islands, so they invaded them.
here several things that fruit merchants and the u.s. foreign-policy makers have in common:
They both participated in economic imperialism.
They both wanted to control the market they were in, to be the exclusive provider of product/policy.
They both used economic power to spread US influence abroad.
All of the thins above,were being done in order to obtain the maximum profit for themselves from all of their operations