Rome's rivalry with Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean
Once the Portuguese breached [entered] the Indian Ocean, they didn't create, like, huge colonies, because there were already powerful empires in the region... ... [6:03] So, Portuguese merchant ships would capture other ships and force them to purchase a permit to trade called a cartaz.
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3) Several Southern states seceded in protest.
Explanation:
Southerners believed Lincoln would support an abolition of slavery, which they felt would cripple the economy of the Southern agricultural states.
Let’s go with B ( and see)