The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to (A) secure a refuge for the persecuted (B) check the growth of English colonies in North America
(C) expand their commercial and mercantile network
(D) gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses
(E) secure naval supplies

Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in. a merchant in western europe has just received a huge delivery of spices from the east. he noticed that this delivery had arrived faster than previous deliveries. he knows the change is the result of a new land route. the route starts from his country and goes all the way to china. now the merchant can trade these spices to the rest of europe. based on the passage, the merchant is

What role and side did italy fight on during world war 1? why did they change sides? write this in your own words.

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire