What Sparked a New Period of Colonial Expansion for England

question 26

Multiple Choice

What sparked a new period of colonial expansion for England in the mid-seventeenth century?

• A) England's defeat of the Netherlands in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War of 1649.
• B) England's victory in a 1676 religious war with Spain.
• C) A treaty signed with the Iroquois Confederacy.
• D) The incredible financial success of the British East India Company.
• E) The restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

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