Which One of the Following Spurred Increased European Interest in Colonizing

question 114

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following spurred increased European interest in colonizing North America?

• A) national and religious rivalries
• B) the growth of the agricultural class, whose leaders wanted to expand overseas and increase their share of world trade so that they could rid themselves of surplus crops
• C) the desire to create far different societies than those that existed in Europe
• D) the desire to spread universal freedom
• E) the belief that Native Americans were not human and needed to be exterminated

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