<span>Rural areas and small towns tend to vote more Republican.
Smaller more rural towns and areas tend to be more conservative in their views and ideas.
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After the ottomans blocked the Europeans trade routes to the Indian subcontinent and the rest of Asia Europe had to find an ocean route around Africa which put them in contact with many indigenous populations which the Europeans would colonize and enslave in order to exploit the routes they had to take to get to Asia <span />
France was a wealthier country than Britain, and its national debt was no greater than the British one. ... The financial strain of servicing old debt and the excesses of the current royal court caused dissatisfaction with the monarchy, contributed to national unrest, and culminated in the French Revolution of 1789.
B. France retained control of India
