D. It was a trade route that connected China with the West
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In colonial American times, previous years of the beginning of the Revolutionary War of Independence, Americans were basically divided into two groups: Patriots and Loyalists. Colonists with such diverse individual interests united in support of their respective causes because problems were so many and the division started to polarize even more.
Patriots supported the idea of Independence from England, meanwhile, Loyalists thought that the colonies wouldn't be the same without the support of the English crown.
Patriots wanted to achieve liberty and independence by winning the war. Loyalists tried to maintain things as they were because they always supported the King of England.
In Meso American civilizations, enslaved persons were often enslaved as punishment for crimes.
Option: B
Explanation:
In Meso American civilization there was a trend of making slaves since the ages. From the bank of Mississippi river and other places of Georgia and tribal states many people forced to come in the new state as a slaves. But the movement is within the continent not from other continents.
Enslaved persons were often enslaved for their crimes as punishment not for their race. And they also not required to pledge loyalty to a leader. When they do any crime its their punishment to be enslaved in that continent.
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