D. establish a centralized, absolutist state.
Answer:
A theory of imperialism says that imperialistic U.S. policies are driven not simply by the interests of American businesses, but by the interests of the economic elites of a global alliance of developed countries.
Explanation:
An important contribution of enslaved Africans employed in large-scale, specialized production of commodities in the Americas is the development of price-making markets across the Atlantic basin in regions (including Western Europe) that had long been dominated by non-market-oriented production.