The key factor which fueled competition between European countries for colonies in the Americas was C) the desire to control sources of gold and silver. Although Europe did have certain resources, it had definitely depleted itself in gold and silver and there was a sort of race between the big European super powers to enrich themselves as much as they could. This can be especially seen with the silver mines in Mexico which both the Spanish and the French wanted to acquire.
The russians practiced communism where as the west (usa,britain,france) were anti communist. the us were capitalists , thus is would make sense that the ussr and the usa would clash eventually despite their pasts of helping eachother out. once russia clashed with the west it gave way to the cold war
Petrarch was pulled between two worlds, the ideal world of antiquity and his desire to improve the current world. He believed he could learn to make the world a better place by studying classical literature. He, along with other humanists, admired the formal beauty of classical writing. He attempted to share the teachings of classical texts by studying them, and then, imitating them in Latin writings of his own.
Principles include, promoting low taxes, low social-services spending, and high military spending.
