Answer:
to play an active role in selecting government leaders
Explanation:
Utterly horrible. The natives were enslaved, raped, forced to change their religion, go to Christian/catholic schools. Forced to cut their hair, ect.
The two events that spurred the need to chart new maritime routes are the following : Europeans developed the economic system of mercantilism and needed reserves of gold and silver ; and Europe witnessed a period that historians refer to as a "dark age."
Because of the Cold War
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