The sugar and rubber plantations in the Caribbean Islands and southern U.S. cotton plantations were the main source of sugar, rubber and cotton in Europe. And those were the two places most of the African slaves were sent to.
The United States and China spend the most on their militaries, including their Navy.
The general reasoning for doing this is that the Navy can protected important shipping interests for both nations.
The correct answer is “US Foreign Policy”. The Us Foreign Policy sets up the goals and objectives related to foreign affairs between the Unites States and the rest of the nations of the world. The main goals are to protect US land and its citizens, to protect democracy and human rights, to protect and access to markets. Based on these goals, US foreign policy focuses on economic, social and political fields when establishing policies that affect America and other nations.
The difference between the Roman state religion and christianity was that the Roman state religion at the time before christianity became its state religion (a bit ironic) was that it was polytheistic ( they believed in multiple gods) as opposed to christianity which believed only in one god, for example.