<span>Prior to World War II, Japan, had focused its imperialist desires on China.</span>
Answer: At the time, there were 22 states
The colonies (13) would first pick up Africans from Africa, then travel back to the US to keep some for their own and then trade them to Europe. This is also known as the Triangular Slave Trade. If you are to look on a map, you can see that from Africa, to the US, then to Europe, it forms a triangle.