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King Leopold II treated the Congo as his personal property and exploited the country for slave labor, rubber, and ivory. The Belgian Congo was established in 1908 after the international community pressured the Belgian government to annex the country and take it out of the king's hands. Conditions in Belgian Congo improved as the Belgian government supported education and established trade. Nevertheless, the people of the Congo increased their demands for independence.
The answer is <span>The Spanish closed New Orleans to American trade.
They did this by blocking the Mississippi river for all American trades in 1784. This makes it really difficult for traders to move around their goods to the international markets, causing both delay in shipment time and higher distribution cost.</span>
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The answer is below
Explanation:
The are various reasons people had for not sending girls to school. Some of which were:
1. Schools would hinder them from doing their household chores, such as sweeping, washing, and cooking.
2. Schools would expose them to public places without the guidance of their parents. For example, moving through public places to reach school.
3. Some believed schools would take girls away from home and thereby, they might lose them to societal dangers.
He ended up writing on Common sense urging the colonists to fight for their independence and a egalitarian government.
The correct answer is Increased support for social reform in spite of regional resistance. Some of the social reform included public school for children; Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States with the Suffrage movement; also the religious reform was important for the profound social reform.
<em>Declining political participation as a result of the Enlightenment</em> is wrong because democracy was broadened in early 1800, till then only Kentucky and Tennessee could elect and only white men and wealthy could vote, around 1820 eight states were participating in elections and other groups as free-men could vote, later with the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the 15th Amendment African-Americans and women were also allowed to vote.
This answer is wrong<em> Significant increase in protections for American Indians through new treaties</em>. Around this period many American Indians went to war to protect their land from the white invasions and expansion, many Indians were killed by the whites. Even there were around 368 treats between US government and American Indians from 1776-1886 most of the treaties were about land, but these treaties required the Indians to cede their lands, others to give an annuity for the territory loss, by the time Indians could not purchase American lands so the treaties did not protect the Indians.
The option <em>Rapid decline of political factions in light of an improving economy</em> is wrong because around 1829-1850 there was great grown with the Market Revolution, the improving of economy was not declined.
