To establish a French colony in the Gulf Of Mexico
The economy of Great Britain was greatly damaged during World War II. During the war, the economy was modified in order to operate solely for the purposes of war. Therefore, postwar economy needed to be carefully rebuilt in order to satisfy the needs of peaceful Great Britain.
One of the first problems the country faced after the war was a harsh winter coupled with shortages of coal in 1946-1947. This meant that the economy did not significantly improve during this period. Another problem was the fact that there was a run on Sterling, as pounds were traded for dollars. This led to the devaluation of the British pound. In order to encourage trade, products were prioritized for exportation, which meant that rationing was extended in some way or another until 1954. Although the United States contributed with aid in order to encourage business, the money was mostly used to repay British debts, which made the modernization of the economy much slower than in other areas of Europe.
Connotation? it means thoughts related to a definition of a word or concept
The correct answer is A) The space shuttle program has come to an end.
The author thinks that the time may now be right to focus on ocean research because the space shuttle program has come to an end.
The main argument for the author to support ocean exploration is that he considered that the space shuttle program of NASA had already ended in 2011. Too much money -billions of dollars- had been invested in the space program, and now it was time to enter the unknown territories of the oceans.
The author is probably right. We do not much about oceans and what could be under the sea. That is a real mystery. We have explored enough about the space, according to our possibilities and limitations, but practically the ocean is unknown. So ocean exploration would be a real challenge.
