European powers were running out of places to colonize in africa, while trade in East Asia was becoming more and more profitable, but the cost in time and money of traveling all the way around africa and through the india ocean (or the long trek down the silk road) was hampering European profits off of trading. So the Spanish sent Columbus to find a shorter root to Asia. Columbus didn't set out looking for America, it was just a happy accident.
He wanted to reduce military debt.
It was within this changing atmosphere that military leaders such as Julius Caesar were able to seize control of and put an end to the Roman Republic. ... Julius Caesar began his rise to power in 60 B.C.E. by forging an alliance with another general, Pompey, and a wealthy patrician, Crassus.
Answer: B
Explanation: i did the quiz
Parliament, although it was dissolved multiple times, starting with the signing of the magna carta, gained power by pushing the king into giving them more over time. Eventually they had enough power to overthrow and execute a king, namely Charles the first who was convicted for high treason.
